British Letterpress

Category: Events

  • Return of Shipley Wayzgoose

    Return of Shipley Wayzgoose

    I’m delight­ed that Roger and Nick have been able to host again the Ship­ley Wayz­goose. It’s my local fair — so I’m biased! — but it’s a won­der­ful day meet­ing great peo­ple.

    11 June 2022, 11am to 4pm at the Kirk­gate Cen­tre, Ship­ley.

    The Wayz­goose now has it’s own Ins­ta account, too.

  • St Bride Virtual Wayzgoose

    St Bride Virtual Wayzgoose

    Despite Covid restric­tions, the let­ter­press cham­pi­ons at St Bride are organ­is­ing a vir­tu­al wayz­goose. Details below!

    Due to the ongo­ing coro­n­avirus restric­tions in the UK, we have decid­ed to host a vir­tu­al wayz­goose on Sun­day 11 July from 10am–1pm BST online via the St Bride Foun­da­tion Twit­ter and Insta­gram accounts.

    https://twitter.com/stbridelibrary
    https://www.instagram.com/stbridefoundation

    We are invit­ing let­ter­press prac­ti­tion­ers, print­ers, and asso­ci­at­ed trades to share their wares with us on the day using the #SBFWayz­goose.

    All you will need to do is cre­ate an Instagram/Twitter post between 10–1pm BST on the 11 July shar­ing:

    • A photograph/s of your work
    • A link to your website/work/online shop
    • A short descrip­tion of who you are and what you do
    • Include the #SBFWayz­goose 
    • And tag us in the post using @stbridelibrary for Twit­ter and @stbridefoundation for Insta­gram

    We will then pro­mote anyone’s work/business who joins in on the day as long as the work being shared is appro­pri­ate and adheres to the above guide­lines. 

    Our aim is to cel­e­brate the fan­tas­tic wealth of cre­ativ­i­ty, trade and craft with­in the let­ter­press and print­ing com­mu­ni­ties around the globe, with the St Bride Library and Print Work­shop cham­pi­oning them at its heart. 

    This is free – no costs are need­ed to take part and it is open to all. Please share this with any­one you think would be inter­est­ed in tak­ing part. 

    Head­er Image: ​“St Bride Foun­da­tion Insti­tute” flickr pho­to by Howard­Lake https://flickr.com/photos/howardlake/3746315607 shared under a Cre­ative Com­mons (BY-SA) license

  • Pressing On: The Letterpress Film — St Bride Foundation

    Pressing On: The Letterpress Film — St Bride Foundation

    Friends at St Brides are show­ing Press­ing On: The Let­ter­press Film.  27 Octo­ber, 6pm to 9pm.

    More details on the St Bride web­site.

  • St Bride Event: Douglas Downing on The Dalziel Brothers

    A note from St Bride on an upcom­ing event.

    I am email­ing on behalf of the St Bride Foun­da­tion where I curate their events pro­gramme as I want­ed to let you know about a talk we have com­ing up that may be of inter­est to you and your fel­low mem­bers.

    It is being held on Fri­day 24 Novem­ber at 7pm and is being giv­en by Dou­glas Down­ing on The Dalziel Broth­ers. Dou­glas is a descen­dent of theirs so it will be a very rich and detailed talk about his research into the fam­i­ly and their work through­out the 60 years that they ran the Cam­den Press. Most notably, they cut the engrav­ings for Edward Lear’s Book of Non­sense and Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Won­der­land and Through the Look­ing Glass and worked with many well known artists includ­ing Mil­lais, Whistler and Roset­ti.

    We are hop­ing to also print a keep­sake for the evening in our print room too and will con­firm this in the next month all being well.

    For more infor­ma­tion, you can vis­it our web­site at: http://www.sbf.org.uk/events/pictures-in-the-fire-or-great-uncle-george-dalziel-discovering-a-long-lost-family-history