Scotland's Printing Heritage
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Promotes interest in the history of the printing industry, working with institutions across Scotland to ensure that printing archives and artefacts are not lost www.scottishprintarchive.org/
Learn more about #type design and #typefounding in #Scotland: lecture in #Edinburgh in September @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Details and booking tinyurl.com/vnvwf8av
The Scottishness of Scottish Type (Edinburgh)
To celebrate Commercial Type’s latest release, Spectator, Paul Barnes will talk on Scottish type and its impact on the world.
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⚡️ The Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival programme is now LIVE – and bookings are open! ⚡️ Discover Glasgow for free this September. Scotland's largest free heritage and community festival returns from 17–20 September 2026, inviting you to step – or wheel – behind the scenes of the city.
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50% off the upcoming Relief Printing Summer Course with Anupa Gardner for full Studio Members! 8 - 11 August (4 days) Please contact our Front of House team on info@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk or 0131 557 2479 to book. #reliefprinting #woodcutprint #reductionwoodcut
The call for papers for our autumn conference closes on Friday The event in Stirling on 13 November celebrates Scotland’s #Railway200 Email stickssn@gmail.com with your proposal or if you have any questions - don’t miss the train!
Check out this week’s edition of the Metal Type newsletter for the latest on the Forum, some great eBay highlights including Mono and Ludlow matrices, and more. Take a look here: metaltype.co.uk/s/c770b Make sure you don’t miss another issue by subscribing to the email: metaltype.co.uk/s/09imo
🧑🎨 Relief Printing Summer Course with Anupa Gardner Saturday 8 Aug - Tuesday 11 Aug (4 days) https://f.mtr.cool/jbkflxojqz Explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print medium process. #reliefprint #woodcut
Screenprinting Summer Course with James Harrison Saturday 25 July - Tuesday 28 July (4 days) https://f.mtr.cool/urlylluncn #screenprint #silkscreen #serigraphy
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Drawn & Painterly Approaches to Etching - Expanded Practice with Robert Powell Saturday 11 July - Monday 13 July (3 days) https://f.mtr.cool/zsjfcuuass 🌟 Only two spaces remaining! #etching #intaglio
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Stone Lithography Expanded Practice 18-20 July (3 days) https://f.mtr.cool/jdewvebtfa This course gives a comprehensive introduction to stone lithography. #printmaking #lithography #stonelithography
There are a couple spaces available on this upcoming course: Colour Plate Lithography Expanded Practice 27-29 June (3 days) https://f.mtr.cool/xvtknwhsdm #lithography #photolithography #printmaking
Call for Papers! Our autumn conference will celebrate Scotland’s #Railway200 We are taking a broad approach to the subject &, as ever welcome proposals for short talks from anyone with an interest in Scotland’s transport & industrial history. Email stickssn@gmail.com
👩🔬🧑🎨 Chemistry Printmaking Workshop Saturday 27 June, 10am-12:30pm Suitable for adults and children aged 8+ https://f.mtr.cool/bnsxmgaozc On the 27th of June join us to learn about the chemistry of printmaking!
Etching Developer Class: Advanced Aquatint & Trouble Shooting Monday 29 June, 6-9pm £55 https://f.mtr.cool/gohpsvatnn We will go through the process of making a copper aquatint strip.
Check out the latest Metal Type newsletter for new Forum postings including a video of Doug Wilson's illustrated talk on the introduction of the Linotype to Germany, great eBay selections, and more. Take a look: metaltype.co.uk/s/lnejf #letterpress #linotype #printing
Hey, did you know the Museum of Printing is on Substack? Our most recent post talks about a new addition, a 200-year-old Ramage press. It's a great story! Check it out and follow us to stay in touch! Subscribe to our substack for free! substack.com/home/post/p-...
200-Year-Old Ramage Press Arrives at the Museum
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Thanks to John Easton of the Quarto Press for hosting the British Printing Society visit yesterday. Had never seen a Ludlow machine in action before #letterpress #printing
The latest Metal Type news is here. It’s a bumper one. There are forum posts, including someone with a Monotype problem to solve, details of a new article on the main site, the latest in Free Ads, eBay selections and more. Take a look here: metaltype.co.uk/s/0d706 #letterpress #monotype #print
A new monograph, Stan Nelson on the Typefounder's Hand Mould, will be published by the Museum and Legacy Press in the summer. Large octavo. 296 pp. Cloth + dust-jacket. $75.00 or £55.00 (£45 before 1 July), post-free in the UK.
Etching Weekend Courses provide the perfect introduction to etching, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making.
We are delighted to host the Centre for Printing History and Culture (CPHC) 2026 conference on the theme of Print, Printing and Industrial Heritage. Further details and tickets are available through the CPHC website: bit.ly/printconfere... @thecphc @mybcu @unibirmingham
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Joseph Moxon innovative printer, publisher, author, globe and instrument maker in the second half of the seventeenth century #histsci #histtech thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/j...
Joseph Moxon–a man of many talents
As I explained in a previous post Emery Molyneux (d. 1598) was the first English, printed-globe maker. After Molyneux departed from England to the Netherlands in 1597, where he died a year later, i…
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🌸 Print Day in May 🌼 This Saturday 2 May To learn more about Print Day in May, please see our website: https://f.mtr.cool/vvkpafnnny
😍 Tuesday Openings 😍 From next Tuesday, 5 May, our Galleries and Shop will be open to the public on Tuesdays as well as Wednesday-Sunday. Our café, KUBA, will also be open with no need to ring the buzzer at the side as the front door will be open. Hope to see you soon!
