The Quarto Press will be open for the Doors Open Day weekend in Perth & Kinross (Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 Sepember): a wide collection of material and machines from the 500-year-old craft of printing will be on display, with demonstrations and opportunities to participate setting type and printing an item. Booking is essential — […]
Periscope Press acquires Victoria printing machine
July 13, 2020
SPrAT Trustee, Tim Honnor has recently installed a new machine at the his private press in Inverness. The Victoria printing machine may be the only one of its kind in Scotland in working order — it was made in 1932 and is electrically driven. The Periscope Press also has a treadle ‘Arab’ platen made in […]
Residential letterpress and bookbinding courses
December 12, 2019
The Grange, near Ellesmere in Shropshire, offers a range of residential courses that follow the creation of a traditional book right through from printing to finished illustrated book — letterpress printing courses, bookbinding courses, and paper marbling courses. For details of the courses running in 2020, and how to book, see their 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 […]
Glasgow Press Wayzegoose
September 19, 2019
To mark Glasgow Doors Open Day, Glasgow Press is holding its Wayzgoose on Saturday 21 September, from 10am-4pm. A Wayzegoose was the traditional annual outing held by a printing house for its workers, marking the end of summer and the start of the season of working by candlelight. This year, they’re staying in the factory, […]
Printers open to the public for Doors Open Day 14–15 September
September 10, 2019
Richardson & Son Printers in Hawick will be open to the public from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 14 September. They now occupy the printing works where The Hawick News was printed until 2000. The Pen-y-Coe Press and paper-making heritage centre in Penicuik will be open and there will be tours including printing and papermaking demonstrations […]
Quarto Press open for Perth Doors Open Days
August 30, 2019
The Quarto Press will be open for visitors for Perth Doors Open weekend Saturday 7‑Sunday 8 September from 10am to 5pm. See and try your hand at historical letterpress printing, view rare machinery, including typecasters and presses, and dozens of old gadgets and objects from the trade. Optional tours will be available (no booking required). […]
Letterpress course in Dundee
October 17, 2018
Join John Easson of Quarto Press on 17 November to learn the basics of letterpress printing using authentic period presses and type in the Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts. For more details see the Print Studio website.
Glasgow Press Wayzgoose
September 10, 2018
As part of this year’s Doors Open Day festival, the Glasgow Press is staying in its factory for its Wayzgoose (a traditional printers’ outing) on Saturday 15 September. You can see the factory at work, and even join in! For more details and how to get there, see the Doors Open Day website.
Quarto Press open for Doors Open Day
September 5, 2018
The Quarto Press in Coupar Angus will be open on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September as part of the Doors Open Day programme. For details of opening times and how to get there, see the Doors Open Day website.
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