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Creative photographers from around the world enlighten us with their interpretation of the theme, Out of the Ordinary.

During this course students will examine the processes and application needed to create their own work using letterpress. This includes hand composition of metal type and the use of our Albion, Columbian, Stanhope and Vandercook presses.

With an insatiable appetite for sex and booze, Baal lives his life for the moment. From stage to sewer he leaves a trail of devastation and recklessly dispensed lyricism in his wake.

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.

Pentagram partner Astrid Stavro is a graphic designer with an international reputation for concept driven design, distilling complex ideas into uniquely simple and emotionally engaging solutions.

‘Free copy of Risk magazine with new Lucky Cookies!’ These are the words on Gabby and Matt’s lips this one summer afternoon at Sloane Square tube station, as they work to support themselves while pursuing what they really want to be doing – performing!

Come tour our printing workshop, historic rooms, and famous library. Get the chance to view some of the items in the library’s special collection, and learn more about the Foundation and its significant place in the illustrious history of the printing press trade. Perfect for designers, printmakers, or just lovers of history.

Ismar David was a prolific type designer, calligrapher, graphic designer and illustrator. He also engaged in architectural design and taught calligraphy. From the 1930s to the 1990s, he created exquisite designs, studying in Berlin in 1928, emigrating to Jerusalem in 1932 and to New York City in 1952. His most important work is considered to be the David Hebrew Typeface family. It was the first of its kind when it was issued in 1954 and up until today it is the pinnacle of Hebrew type design

It is an opportunity to bring blocks you are working on for individual technical and tutorial support to help with designing/cutting blocks, sharpening tools and printing.

During this course students will examine the processes and application needed to create their own work using letterpress. This includes hand composition of metal type and the use of our Albion, Columbian, Stanhope and Vandercook presses.

A soul-bearing story of one woman coming to terms with a brutal and painful childhood is expressed beautifully in this sensitive, socially-relevant, one-woman play.

You will be introduced to the process of wood engraving from preliminary drawings to printing a small limited edition of black and white prints.

This short course, aimed at beginners, will introduce students to the basic skills involved in creating a multi signature book. Students will use a range of materials and will sew, trim and glue their own books.

During this course students will examine the processes and application needed to create their own work using letterpress. This includes hand composition of metal type and the use of our Albion, Columbian, Stanhope and Vandercook presses.

The multi-award winning drama college, The MTA, returns to the Bridewell with its flagship Revue, Something Old, Something New.

The history of typography is also a history of technologies. As the means of multiplying texts evolved through time, different tools left distinct marks on letterforms. This dynamic accelerated from the late nineteenth century, as technological developments began to radically change the making and setting of type. At increasingly shorter intervals new machines and techniques shaped how text was represented and multiplied.

The course provides an excellent introduction to wood engraving and the print workshop.

In this 1 day course students will learn how to binding in a Japanese or stab binding style. This techniques involves sewing through a block of paper and creating sewing patterns on the spine of the book. Students will undertake two different books one with a limp cover and one with a hard cover. All materials are supplied.

In an attempt to cure his ailing father’s mental illness by separating “good” from “evil” in the human personality, talented physician Dr. Jekyll inadvertently creates an alternate personality of pure evil, dubbed Mr. Hyde, who wreaks murderous havoc on the city of London.

In this 1 day course students will learn how to bind their own travel journal complete with pencil holder.

Full details coming in 2019.