Robert Smail’s Printing Works reopens on Friday 1 April for the 2022 season. Spaces are limited and access to the printing works is by pre-booked time slots only. For more details and how to book, see Smail’s page on the National Trust for Scotland’s website.
Letterpress workshops at Robert Smail’s
February 15, 2022
Spend the day with expert staff at Robert Smail’s Printing Works for a one-day workshop in Scotland’s oldest continually operational letterpress printers. Create letterpress artwork, poster, postcard, or greetings card up to A3 size. For all levels of ability from the age of 14 up. For more details, and how to book see event website.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works is open
June 20, 2021
If you are planning a day out, Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen is open 1pm to 5pm, Fridays to Mondays each weekend. For full details of current arrangements are on the National Trust for Scotland’s 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 […]
Robert Smail’s re-opens for 2019
March 30, 2019
The National Trust for Scotland’s printing works, Robert Smail’s in Innerleithen, re-opens for the season on Monday 1 April. For full details of opening hours for this season, and how to get there, see their website.
Letterpress workshops at Robert Smails
October 24, 2017
Robert Smail’s Printing Works are running letterpress workshops again this autumn. Workshop participants will be able to use wooden poster type and hand presses to create your own letterpress artworks, posters and stationery, with Smail’s expert staff on hand to help. Workshops are running on Sunday 5 November, Saturday 11 November and Sunday 12 November, […]
Robert Smail’s Printing Works open for 2017
March 27, 2017
The National Trust for Scotland’s letterpress printing works, Robert Smail’s in Innerleithen, opens again for the 2017 season on Saturday 1 April. For details of opening times and how to get there visit their website.
Christmas shop open at Smail’s
December 4, 2016
The Christmas shop at Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen is open until 23 December on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am till 4pm. It stocks a wide range of items, including an exclusive range of letterpress stationery produced on the premises. All sales from the shop help to fund vital conservation work at […]
National Trust for Scotland Assembly
November 9, 2016
The National Trust for Scotland’s Eastern Scotland Regional Group have put together an event called Dig deep into your heritage: conservation and conversation, to be held on Saturday 19 November at the National Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN. The event, which runs from 10–12.45pm, is free, and the programme includes talks on archaeology and […]
Typography and design lecture
October 1, 2016
Gen Harrison, Compositor and Property Manager at Robert Smail’s Printing Works, will take the audience through the qualities and quirks of typography and graphic design before the days of desk top publishing. Anyone who is thrilled by the use of a good typeface or appreciates graphic design as an art form will enjoy this fascinating talk. […]
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