Mark Evans and Ken Burnley are talking about The Brunswick Prison Camp Map Printers at St Bride’s Institute in London on 3 December 2019. They will describe how a clandestine press was made and run in a German prisoner of war camp (Oflag-79) in order to produce escape maps, towards the end of the second […]
St Bride’s Library opening in December
November 18, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 4 December and Wednesday 18 December from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see […]
Etching course in Dumfries
October 30, 2019
An Etching Refresher course will run at the Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries on November 30 2019. The workshop is for people who wish to refresh their skills, or have completed an introductory course. For more details and how to book see the Gracefield website — booking is essential by 20 November 2019.
November opening at St Bride’s Library
October 26, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 6 November and Wednesday 20 November from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see […]
Course in Inverness
October 20, 2019
The Highland Print Studio in Inverness are running an intermediate course on Relief Printing over six evenings, starting on Thursday 31 October. For more details and how to book see the Classes page of the studio’s website.
Talk at St Bride’s on Emery Walker
October 13, 2019
Simon Loxley is giving a talk on Tuesday 29 October 2019 at St Bride’s Institute in London entitled In Search of Emery Walker, looking at Walker’s place in the Private Press Movement. Full details and how to book are on the St Bride’s Foundation website.
Letterpress workshops at Robert Smail’s
October 9, 2019
Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen are running letterpress workshops again this autumn, for both beginners and and for people with a bit more experience. They are taking place on the weekends of 2/3, 9/10 and 16/17 November 2019. For more details of prices and how to book see Smail’s Facebook page, email smails@nts.org.uk or […]
Courses at Edinburgh Printmakers
October 6, 2019
Edinburgh Printmakers are running courses on etching and stone lithography this autumn at their new home on Dundee Street. For full details of all courses and how to book a place, see their website.
Course on drypoint engraving in Inverness
September 30, 2019
The Highland Print Studio in Inverness is running a course on Drypoint Engraving, suitable for beginners or as a refresher course, on Tuesday 22 October 2019, from 10am – 4pm. Drypoint Beginners/Refreshers. Spaces are limited — full details of costs and how to book are on the studio website.
Conference on post-war printing
September 24, 2019
A conference on post-war printing, organised by the Printing Historical Society, the Centre for Print History & Culture, and the Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Library, will take place in Oxford, 10–11 October 2019. Tickets (£25 per person) are on sale from the event page on Eventbrite, where details of the final […]
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