✨ Calling all etchers! Up your game with our Etching Developer Classes. 

https://f.mtr.cool/abylbdxusd

Classes can be booked individually and are only £55 (£50 concession) each.

2 people with Adana printing press & other printing equipment

Marking #WorldHeritageDay at #Glasgow's Mitchell Library with a #letterpress #printing workshop run by Letter space/Glasgow Press

Linotype border slides

William Caxton book

The latest Metal Type news has arrived, featuring fresh Forum posts and some fantastic eBay finds, inc. Linotype border slides. View it here: metaltype.co.uk/s/qxntt

I'd love your thoughts on the new "eBay for Letterpress" page! You can check it out at metaltype.co.uk/s/5epd4

All materials and tuition is included for this active, alfresco printmaking workshop. 

This workshop is suitable for all levels of abilities.

£15, £12 concessions, £8 child

#printmaking #familyactivity #fountainbridge #fun

Plaque unveiled on 4 April 2008 to mark 500 years of printing in Scotland #letterpress #printing

🧑‍🎨 Stone Lithography Evening Course with Alastair Clark
Thursday evenings from 16 April

https://f.mtr.cool/nktjfqegbe

Taking place over six evenings, this course gives a comprehensive introduction to stone lithography.

#lithography

A Monotype portrait

Monotype matrices

Don't miss the new Metal Type newsletter. As well as the latest Forum posts there are some great eBay finds, including Monotype mats, and more!
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#letterpress #monotype

Sorting our letterpress collection with the help of visiting artist Matteo Totaro 😍

Grazie Matteo!

#letterpress #fonts

An impressive row of linecasters

Ludlow spare parts

The new Metal Type newsletter has the latest forum posts and great eBay finds, including Linotype mats and Ludlow spare parts.

Take a look: metaltype.co.uk/s/cplox

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#letterpress #linotype #printing

🧑‍🎨 Screenprinting Weekend: 28-29 March

https://f.mtr.cool/hfthhyfwks

Learn all about the dynamic and colorful process of screenprinting.

Print, Printing and Industrial Heritage — CPHC CPCH / Print Networks Annual Conference

Full programme announced and booking open for the CPHC/Print Networks summer conference, which this year is hosted by Kresen Kernow, Cornwall. Books and beaches; printing and paddling: you know it makes sense! www.cphc.org.uk/events/2026/...

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

On #WorldBookDay you can find out more about #Scotland's #printers on our website

A Lego Lino

The Bibliographical Society Medal

Check out the latest Metal Type newsletter. There's the latest Forum posts, including an appeal for help with restoring a print shop in east Texas, some new Free Ads and eBay selections, and more.
Take a look: metaltype.co.uk/s/xyrz4
#letterpress #linotype #printing

An illustration in yellow and black with red and blue text. Three people work together at a table. Two are working with a printing press, looking at a piece of that says 'Bookmarks'. The paper entering the machine says 'Sculpture Court - ECA'. On the table, a roller sits on some ink and thread running off two spools spells 2026. One of the people holds up a piece of paper with many folds in, which says '10th Edition'.

BOOKMARKS is back!

Join us in the Sculpture Court on 4 March for our artists' book and zine fair, back for its 10th edition.

Free and all welcome, from 1pm to 7pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookmarks-2026-tickets...

Illustration: Luce Gutsche, third year BA (Hons) Illustration.

Exciting job opening @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social Library and Archives Manager. Details here careers.nms.ac.uk/job/827960 #museumjobs #libraryjobs 📜

✨Last minute spaces available: Screenprinting Weekend
This coming weekend, 31 January - 1 February

Please contact our Front of House team directly to book: info@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk or 0131 557 2479

#screenprinting #silkscreen #serigraphy #shortcourse

Edinburgh Printmakers is seeking three Trustees. You will join a dedicated and highly committed Board and play a crucial role in safeguarding the future sustainability of Edinburgh Printmakers.

Closing date: noon, Monday 9 March

 https://f.mtr.cool/xeldbkhcoq

🧑‍🎨 There are a few spaces still available for next month's Letterpress Taster Workshop  
🗓️ Wednesday, 18 February, from 6-8pm

https://f.mtr.cool/pfyjnqdgcv

Explore a word or phrase or make images with type using our extensive letterpress collection. 

#letterpress #letterpressprinting #fonts

The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond — CPHC The Printer in Residence Scheme

In February, Senate House Library will launch an exhibition The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond. They are also looking to appoint a Printer in Residence to produce a contemporary response to the exhibition. Sounds fun. www.cphc.org.uk/updates/2026...

🎨🧑‍🎨 There are a few spaces still available for Family Print Club with Morven Ferguson on 18 and 25 January!

https://f.mtr.cool/vczpelqrvb

One ticket admits one adult and one child.

The printing technique will be Lego Printing.

#legoprinting #family

If you work in print and the allied trades, whatever you're dealing with, our helpline is here for you.

Emotional support is available 24/7, with information and advice available Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm. All support is free, confidential and completely independent.

⭐ Job Opportunity: EP Spaces Lead

We are seeking a committed, highly organised individual to hold responsibility for representing and advocating for our Scotland wide network of temporary artists spaces.

Closing Date: noon, Thurs 29 January

https://f.mtr.cool/hocwczbiij

✨There are a few spaces still available for Family Print Club with Morven Ferguson on 18 January!

https://f.mtr.cool/vsfdhesnrr

The printing technique will be Lego Printing.

#legoprinting #printmaking #family

Ottmar Mergenthaler

Merry Christmas

Don't miss the last Metal Type newsletter before Christmas. There's details of your free Christmas gift (a short story) as well as the latest from the Forum and some great eBay selections.
Take a look now: metaltype.co.uk/s/y7659

Small, vintage library ‘due’ card with printed text on it that says ‘a library book, I imagine, is a happy book. -Cornelia funke’.

Down to the last 5 library prints, made with old, gummed slips given to me by library pal @katierizz.bsky.social. #letterpress
www.starshaped.com/stationery-e...

Slow, meticulous, and completely worth it. Watching Larry work classic letterpress magic here in Glasgow is a joy. Today: hours of setup for the first plate. Tomorrow: red ink. Stay tuned for updates on our David Keenan Memorial Device art print.

Practical bookmaking session at Edinburgh Bibliographical Society's Autumn Meeting, held jointly with Scotland's Printing Heritage. It was a busy afternoon! #paper #books

Formerly McCorquodales #Glasgow works: #printers of railway timetables, the original factory was in Newton-le-Willows. Changes to train timetables had to be printed and distributed to be in the ticket offices in time before the first train ran

🥂Drink and Print
Friday, 5 December, 6-8pm

https://f.mtr.cool/kcmbxrfvyt

This event is a great opportunity to visit the studio, socialise and get inspired!

#paintandsip #printandsip #fun