Edinburgh Printmakers are now closed until the end of April 2019 as they move to new home. For more details of their plans see their website. At the moment you can purchase items from their shop or book 2019 courses online, such as the introductory Etching course on the last weekend of April. To make […]
Printing exhibition in Glasgow
January 4, 2019
The Trust’s exhibition on the history of printing has been extended and will run for another week at the Lighthouse in Glasgow (until 11 January 2019). More than just books, highlights the range and variety of the printing industry in Glasgow, and was organised as part of the Trust’s celebrations of its 30th anniversary in […]
St Bride’s opening in January 2019
January 3, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 9 January, Wednesday 16 January and Wednesday 23 January 12 noon – 8pm. The library is usually open on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading […]
Course in mezzotint at Glasgow Print Studio
December 20, 2018
Glasgow Print Studio are running an evening course on mezzotint in January and February 2019. For more details and how to book see the studio’s website.
Read about roving printers
December 15, 2018
A summary of Prof David Finkelstein’s book on Movable types — printers who moved throughout the world in the nineteenth century — is available as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopaedias series online. The main text is behind a paywall — or you can buy your own copy.
Printing workshops at St Bride’s
December 2, 2018
If you are in London, you can try out new printing and related skills. St Bride’s are running courses on hand composition, wood engraving, and how to ‘Rebind a paperback’. For more details of dates and how to book see the St Bride’s website.
St Bride’s opening in December
November 20, 2018
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 5 December and Wednesday 19 December 12 noon – 8pm. The library is open on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please 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. There […]
Trust exhibition opens in Glasgow
November 9, 2018
The Trust’s exhibition on printing in Glasgow, More than just books, is open from today at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. It has been organised to mark the 30th anniversary of its founding in 1988. The exhibition will run until 6 January 2019. For details of opening hours, please see the Lighthouse website.
Talk on the oldest existing printers in Scotland
November 7, 2018
John McGhee will give a talk at 6.15 on Wednesday 14 November at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. Mr Bell and Mr Bain went into partnership in 1831 as printers and typesetters in Glasgow. Bell & Bain is still thriving in the 21st century. For more details and how to book, see the Glasgow Life […]
New printing museum in France
October 24, 2018
The Atelier-Musée Imprimerie (AMI) opened at Malesherbes, 70km south of Paris, at the end of September 2018. The 700 objects on display include 150 machines. There are also workshops for visitors to try making paper, or learn paper marbling, type composition, printing and bookbinding
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