You can join the National Library of Scotland online for a virtual showcase of the winning entries for the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2020, which had the 1980s as its theme. You will be able toview the winning designs, and to hear from the bookbinders about their responses to the competition brief and their creative […]
St Brides: online event
On Wednesday 10 February at 7pm, Agyei Archer will give a talk via zoom entitled Do it like you do it , exploring the value of vernacular design in the English-speaking Caribbean. For more details and information about how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Periscope Press acquires Victoria printing machine
SPrAT Trustee, Tim Honnor has recently installed a new machine at the his private press in Inverness. The Victoria printing machine may be the only one of its kind in Scotland in working order — it was made in 1932 and is electrically driven. The Periscope Press also has a treadle ‘Arab’ platen made in […]