British Letterpress

Tag: Shropshire

  • Mostly Flat, Brampton Bryan

    Mostly Flat, Brampton Bryan

    Short let­ter­press cours­es teach­ing the fun­da­men­tals of tra­di­tion­al let­ter­press print­ing to small groups. Dul­cie will share her enthu­si­asm and knowl­edge of this arti­san craft, and show you how to set and print your own designs from a com­pre­hen­sive selec­tion of wood and met­al type, dec­o­ra­tive orna­ments and pic­ture blocks. Cre­ate a set of let­ter­press prints, greet­ings cards, post­cards, coast­ers, busi­ness cards, book­marks or any small print­ed thing that takes your fan­cy. Learn how to use a vari­ety of print­ing press­es, includ­ing flatbed proof press­es, Adana 8×5 table­top platens, a Van­der­cook No. 4 and a floor-stand­ing trea­dle plat­en. Work­shops are tai­lored to suit your aims and abil­i­ty. Please get in touch for more info.

    Upcom­ing dates and full details: http://www.mostlyflat.co.uk/workshops

  • The Grange, Ellesmere

    The Grange, Ellesmere

    The Grange, locat­ed just out­side the small mar­ket town of Ellesmere in Shrop­shire, runs res­i­den­tial short cours­es in let­ter­press print­ing (and also in book­bind­ing and paper mar­bling). Tuition is held in our press and com­po­si­tion rooms which house our work­ing press­es — an 1864 Albion, a Van­der­cook proof­ing press, a Stephen­son Blake proof­ing press, four trea­dle platens of dif­fer­ent sizes (Arab, Clyde, Crop­per and Eagle) and five Adanas. Cours­es are held over a week­end and are run by expe­ri­enced print­ers and teach­ers. Accom­mo­da­tion is in the Grange itself — a beau­ti­ful Shrop­shire coun­try house. For fur­ther details please see the web­site: http://www.thegrange.uk.com/programme/letterpress.html