What’s On

John Duffin is a painter and printmaker who makes images of London from unusual angles with dramatic lighting and a sense of implied narrative.

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.

Ragtime is a sweeping epic musical about the birth of America that weaves together real celebrities and historical events with a timeless tale of three families in pursuit of the American Dream.

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.

Welcome to Chicago, the city where the gin keeps flowin', the jazz goes on playin' and murder can make you a star.

Eye magazine’s next Type Tuesday features four individuals with something to say and show on the subject. All four speakers feature in Eye 99, the latest issue. Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas (Apfel), Melanie Mues and Elizabeth Glickfeld talk about type and identity design.

You will be introduced to the process of wood engraving from preliminary drawings and design; transferring drawings to blocks; cutting blocks; choosing papers and proofing to printing a small limited edition of black and white prints.

Its panto time and this year we visit the young environmental activist Jack Trott and all his usual friends, but not as you may usually know them!

‘The Brunswick Prison Camp Map Printers’ is the little-known story of how a clandestine press was made and run by a group of industrious men in a German prisoner of war camp (Oflag-79) in order to mass produce escape maps, towards the end of the second world war. With Mark Evans’ knowledge of his father’s experiences as a printer in the camp and Ken Burnley’s life in printing, together they will bring this incredible story to life and shed light on the background, context and the circumstances in how these maps – all to scale and printed in three or four colours – were produced in secret, including the technicalities of their hand-made press, making of inks and printing.

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.

Bram Stoker's Dracula has been adapted countless times, so why a new adaptation? Quite simply because we have never yet seen one which does justice to this remarkable book.

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. You will be able to use St Bride Presses, inks, paper with some tools available but as wood engravers it is expected that you will bring your own type high blocks, tools and (if editioning rather than proofing) your own specialist papers.

Featuring a hilarious, cheeky, pun-filled script, a colourful cast of characters and magnificent musical numbers, this pantomime is sure to please families and adults a-like.

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.