Edinburgh Printmakers are running short courses on a variety of printing techniques this autumn, including weekend courses on wood engraving (8 & 9 November), stone lithography (15 & 16 November) and mezzotint (29 & 30 November). Details of these & other courses are on the Edinburgh Printmakers website.
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The Society of Bookbinders in Edinburgh was formed in 1814, as a relief society for sick and unemployed members. On 5 March 1822 the name changed to the Union Society of Edinburgh Journeyman Bookbinders. The Society continued for 50 years, remaining independent of the Bookbinders’ Consolidated Union until September 1872 when the two organisations amalgamated to form the local branch of the Bookbinders and Machine Rulers’ Consolidated Union.
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