From friends-announcements at stbride.org Sun Jan 9 11:51:02 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 11:51:02 +0000 Subject: Printing Types in the Dutch Golden Age. Sixth annual Justin Howes memorial lecture, Tuesday 22 February 2011 Message-ID: John A. Lane Printing Types in the Dutch Golden Age: Nicolaes Briot, Christoffel van Dijck & Nicolaus Kis ==================================================== The sixth annual Justin Howes memorial lecture ---------------------------------------------- * Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 7pm * In the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation * Admission is free but by pre-booked ticket only Tickets: http://printing-types-in-the-dutch-golden-age.eventbrite.com/ Full details: http://stbride.org/events The mainstream in the evolution of printing types, like many cultural developments, shifted from France to the southern Low Countries in the second half of the sixteenth century, Holland in the seventeenth and England & Scotland in the eighteenth. Types from sixteenth-century France and the Low Countries and from most of the eighteenth-century British foundries have been well catalogued, including the work of great punchcutters like Garamont, Granjon, Van den Keere and Caslon. But Nicolaes Briot ? possibly the most important figure in the Dutch ?golden age? ? remains almost unknown, the types of the more famous Christoffel van Dijck are best known from specimens issued by his successors, and those of Nicolaus Kis from recuttings made in the 1920s from a few surviving sets of matrices (issued under the name Janson). Recently discovered specimens issued by seventeenth-century Dutch typefounders help paint a better picture of the seminal work of these and other masters, and research in archives and libraries fills many of the remaining gaps. In an illustrated lecture, John Lane shows types by these Dutch masters and suggests that Briot?s roman types served as the principal models for Van Dijck, Kis and Caslon. John A. Lane is a freelance historian of printing types, typefounding and type specimens, also specializing in analytical bibliography, paper & watermarks and archival research. He teaches at Amsterdam University?s summer school and the Plantin Genootschap in Antwerp, has worked for antiquarian book dealers and taught typography at the University of Reading. He received a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and awards from the Printing Historical Society, Bibliographical Society of America and American Printing History Association. His many books and articles discuss the history of printing types from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. From friends-announcements at stbride.org Thu Mar 24 12:07:24 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:07:24 +0000 Subject: Graphic Design: History in the Making. Conference at St Bride Library, Friday 6 May 2011 Message-ID: Graphic Design: History in the Making ===================================== Friday 6 May 2011, 9.30am?6.30pm This one-day conference will investigate the status of graphic design history today, with an emphasis on the making and using of it. It will review the state of affairs, looking at where we are, and questioning where we could go next. With Christopher Burke, David Crowley, Rick Poynor, Sonia de Puineuf, Alston W. Purvis, David Reinfurt, Catherine de Smet and Teal Triggs Organised by Sara De Bondt and Catherine de Smet Tickets ------- ?75 Standard ?60 Friends of St Bride Library ?30 concessions (full-time students and over-60s) ?25 concessions (Friends of St Bride Library) * Full details: http://stbride.org/events * Tickets: http://graphicdesignhistoryinthemaking.eventbrite.com/ * Join the Friends: http://stbride.org/friends The conference is the first in a two-part series with the second taking place on 24?25 November 2011 at ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. It is supported by the Royal College of Art, ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, and the Design History Society. From friends-announcements at stbride.org Thu Apr 7 09:12:44 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 09:12:44 +0100 Subject: Summer School 2011 at the Print Workshop Message-ID: Summer school ============= Three full days of intensive letterpress learning * Two three-day courses: 11, 12 and 13 July 18, 19 and 20 July * Sessions run 11:00am?6:00pm (lunch break 1.00?2.00pm) * Class Size: 10 * ?355 standard fee * ?305 concession (over 60 or full time student) The course provides an excellent overview of the letterpress process, materials and workshop management. It is ideal for those with a desire to explore hands-on processes, learn about letterpress or simply have fun with type and ink in an historic setting! Full details: http://printworkshop.stbridefoundation.org/ Online booking: http://letterpresssummerschool.eventbrite.com/ A recent workshop participant wrote about his experience: https://moveanytype.wordpress.com/ From friends-announcements at stbride.org Thu Apr 14 11:25:21 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:25:21 +0100 Subject: Print Workshop open evening next Monday (18 April) Message-ID: Print Workshop open evening =========================== Monday 18 April 5.30 - 9.00 pm In the Print Workshop We're holding an open evening in the Workshop to give you a chance to have a look around and find out more about what's on offer. You will be able to check out the kit, meet tutors and print a keepsake to take away. Light refreshments will be available. Entry is free but donations to the Workshop are encouraged (suggested ?5). Please contact us to let us know you're coming: email: printworkshop at stbridefoundation.org phone: 020 7353 3331 From friends-announcements at stbride.org Tue May 17 12:10:46 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:10:46 +0100 Subject: A Genesis of Sorts: Printing the King James Bible. Talk by Stan Nelson at St Bride Library. Tuesday 24 May 2011 at 7pm Message-ID: A Genesis of Sorts: Printing the King James Bible ============================= * Tuesday 24 May 2011 at 7pm * In the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation * Admission ?12 (?8 Friends, Students). 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Bible, the preeminent English language translation. In this talk, typefounder Stan Nelson describes the work he has done to re-create two pages of the 1611 Bible in actual type, specially cast for the project. Matrices were made specifically for this project, both with ?traditional? and ?modern? technologies. The talk will draw attention to the contributions of a small group of individuals participating in the American Typecasting Fellowship. Typefounding, the process of making individual metal types and creating the components required to cast them, was the process brought into being by Gutenberg in fifteenth-century Europe. It was the key contributor to the revolution in communication brought about by the printed word. Now it is an extremely rare skill. * Detais: http://stbride.org/events?show=agenesisofsorts * Book tickets online: http://genesisofsorts.eventbrite.com/ Stan Nelson is Museum Specialist Emeritus in the Graphic Arts Collection, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. In three decades of employment he worked with the history of printing technology, mainly from the first four centuries of printing, and focused on typefounding, including punchcutting and casting type from hand moulds. He has given numerous lectures and conducted workshops and seminars on typefounding and printing. Since retiring, he has taught the History of Typography at the University of Virginia?s Rare Book School. His honours and awards include the Typophiles Award and the American Printing History Association?s 25th annual Laureate Award. Stan has authored many publications and is currently working on The Typefounders? Handmould, about the history and use of type moulds, which will be published by The Legacy Press. He participated in The machine that made us, a BBC production hosted by Stephen Fry which explored the origins of printing from moveable type. From friends-announcements at stbride.org Fri Jul 1 20:22:09 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 20:22:09 +0100 Subject: John Hudson, singer-songwriter, in the Bridewell Bar. Monday 4 July 2011 Message-ID: We thought you might like to hear about this event on Monday 4 July in the Bridewell Bar. John Hudson ----------- Singer-songwriter John Hudson returns to the Bar for an evening of live acoustic music. His ironic songs have been described as being ?somewhere in between Ray Davies and Tom Lehrer? (Brian Coope). He takes a sharp, wry look at modern life and his lyrics are sometimes very funny, sometimes morbid, sometimes bleakly sad. ?The serpentine venom in his ...voice makes me laugh and shudder? (Carl Chamberlain). * Monday 4 July 2011 7.00pm * Admission: Free -- Ben Weiner | http://readingtype.org.uk/about/contact.html +44 (0) 7780 608 659 From friends-announcements at stbride.org Mon Jul 4 10:47:41 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:47:41 +0100 Subject: Forthcoming courses in the Print Workshop Message-ID: Dear Friend of St Bride, As many of you know, our newly established print workshop has been running very successfully for six months now. We have new workshops being added all the time, so do let us know if you?d like to sign up to receive updates or book a place on any of the courses we are running. At the moment we are excited to have a growing list of upcoming events planned, so here?s a quick summary of what we are up to. (More details on each of the courses can be found on the Print Workshop website: http://printworkshop.stbridefoundation.org/) More classes in bookbinding and calligraphy are soon to be added to the list! Summer school - Three full days of intensive letterpress learning 11, 12 and 13 July 18, 19 and 20 July Sessions run 11:00am?6:00pm (lunch break 1.00?2.00pm) ?355 standard fee ?305 concession (over 60 or full time student) Booking: http://letterpresssummerschool.eventbrite.com/ Gutenberg Weekend - Discover how the first printers printed in the 15th century, including workshops on type, presses and paper Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2011 Sessions run 11:00am?6:00pm Saturday and 11.00am?4.00pm Sunday (lunch break 1.00?2.00pm) ?245 standard fee ?195 concession (over 60 or full time student) Booking: http://gutenbergweekend.eventbrite.com/ Letterpress stage 2 - Set your own brief and develop your letterpress sensibility Three sessions running 6.00?9.00pm Every Monday 25 July?8 August 2011 ?175 standard fee ?135 concession (over 60 or full time student) Booking: http://letterpressstagetwo.eventbrite.com/ Two-day letterpress intensive - For beginners, those with some limited experience and those wanting to extend their printing experience to a new process 9?10 July, 23?24 July, 13?14 August 2011 Sessions run 10:00am?5:00pm (day 1) and 10:00am?3:00pm (day 2), 45 minute break for lunch ?245 standard fee ?195 concession (over 60 or full time student) Booking: http://twodayletterpressintensive.eventbrite.com/ One-day linocut and type poster workshop -For those who are interested in learning more about letterpress and have little or no experience in letterpress printing 25 July, 15 August 2011 Sessions run 10:00am?4:30pm ?125 standard fee ?100 concession (over 60 or full time student) Booking: http://onedayletterpressworkshop.eventbrite.com/ We hope to see a few of you in the upcoming months, The St Bride Print Workshop Team From friends-announcements at stbride.org Mon Jul 11 11:30:06 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:30:06 +0100 Subject: Print Workshop Open Evening on Monday 18 July from 6pm Message-ID: Print Workshop Open Evening =========================== * Monday 18 July, 6.00?9.00pm (note revised and later start time) * in the Print Workshop, St Bride Foundation Come and look around the Workshop, see the presses and equipment we have, meet the tutors and find out more about the courses we offer. Take away a keepsake that could save you some money. Entry is free (but we?ll be very happy to accept a donation towards our work). From friends-announcements at stbride.org Fri Jul 15 11:40:49 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:40:49 +0100 Subject: Print Workshop attends Vintage at Southbank Festival Message-ID: Print Workshop attends Vintage at Southbank Festival ==================================================== Dates: 29-31 July 2011 Times: TBC The Print Workshop is attending the Vintage at Southbank Festival on the South Bank, London. The festival 'celebrates music, fashion, film, art, design and cultural lineages from the 1920s to the 1980s'. We will be demonstrating the craft of letterpress printing as part of the Festival's fringe. We'll have samples of the work that's been done in our courses over the last eight months, so it's a great opportunity to see what we have been up to and consider signing up. Look for a pink milkfloat with cheery printers aboard. You should find us outside the Royal Festival Hall. Fringe: http://www.vintageatsouthbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/vintage-fringe Print Workshop: http://printworkshop.stbridefoundation.org From friends-announcements at stbride.org Thu Aug 25 10:03:15 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:03:15 +0100 Subject: Festival of Britain study-day in Reading Message-ID: Friends may be interested to hear that Reading University's Department of Typography will be running a study-day to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Festival of Britain. Speakers will include Naomi Games, daughter of Abram Games who designed the festival's logo. The study-day is on Tuesday 20 September 2011 and starts at 10.30am. The cost is ?60 including a buffet lunch (?30 for students). Full details are on this PDF: http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/typography/Festival_of_Britain_Flyer_Web.pdf From friends-announcements at stbride.org Wed Sep 21 08:46:55 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:46:55 +0100 Subject: Print Workshop open evening, Monday 26 September 2011 Message-ID: The Print Workshop is holding an open evening on Monday 26 September from 5.30 to 9.00 pm. It is a good opportunity to find out what we do and what you could learn. Our special guest this time is the wood engraver Peter S Smith. http://printworkshop.stbridefoundation.org/#open_evenings Tickets are free and can be booked online here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2204682264 You can also book by telephone: +44 0 20 7353 4660 From friends-announcements at stbride.org Wed Nov 23 20:35:55 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:35:55 +0000 Subject: Access to St Bride Library, 20 December 2011 to 19 January 2012 Message-ID: Access to the Library 20 December 2011?19 January 2012 ================================ Due to refurbishment of adjacent areas and to minimise disruption to our readers, the Library reading room will be temporarily relocated to another room in the building. Therefore, from 20 December until 19 January 2012 all readers should arrange an appointment before visiting. This will enable us to prepare the required research materials in advance and minimise disappointment where access to items is restricted. We apologise for this inconvenience and will resume our usual practices from 24 January 2012. St Bride Library From friends-announcements at stbride.org Thu Nov 24 10:22:02 2011 From: friends-announcements at stbride.org (A list for announcements from the Friends of St Bride Library) Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:22:02 +0000 Subject: Paul Nash Evening at St Bride Library. Thursday 1 December 2011 Message-ID: Paul Nash Evening ================= * Thursday 1 December 2011 * 5.30?8.00pm * In the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation * Tickets ?20 / concessions ?15 / Friends of St Bride Library members ?10 Join us for the Friends of St Bride Library?s special winter event ?a unique chance to hear talks by leading experts on Paul Nash, followed by mince pies & wine and an opportunity to buy books and and prints from fine press publishers. Nash?s paintings of both world wars are iconic. His landscapes express a profound sense of place and show an artist wrestling with the challenge of being a British artist drawn to the modern movement. Full details including programme: http://stbride.org/events?show=paulnashevening Book tickets online: http://paulnashevening.eventbrite.com/