Anster Nichts take place on the third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm in September, October, November, January, February and March. Download our current season flyer here.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend our public talks at Dreel Halls in Anstruther, which are free for members. If you are not yet a member of the AIA you can attend individual Anster Nichts for £3 per event. Membership is £10 per year and to find out more please visit our Membership page.
A reminder that our 2020-2021 Zoom talks were recorded and can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
For most of us today, printing a document is as simple as tapping a button, but this was not always the case. Historian and printer, Dr Dawn Hollis will trace the history of letterpress printing from Gutenberg’s Bible through to its ‘death’ in the mid-twentieth century and its afterlife in the hands of twenty-first century craftspeople.
Dawn will discuss the responsibility of using and caring for historic equipment and will offer a glimpse of what it is like to live life through the eyes of a printer – from the frustration of noticing poor design work to the pleasure of being awake to the typographical richness of the local environment.
After the talk attendees will have the opportunity to print a keepsake on one of her more portable printing presses.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend our public talks at Dreel Halls in Anstruther. If you are not yet a member of the AIA you can attend individual Anster Nichts for £3 per event. Membership is £10 per year and to find out more please visit our Membership page:
http://www.anstrutherimprovements.org/support-us/membership/