Fri 11 Sep 26
Fri 11 Sep:10:30-16:00; Free Entry.
14 Feasegate, York YO1 8SQ
Heritage Open Day: Pop over to the Fabrication shop event space on Feasegate and make your own 18th-Century style chapbook with bookbinder, Anachronalia. Come make your own chapbook. Chapbooks were a cheaply produced and affordable alternative to the expensive fully bound books in Europe when early printing took off in the 16th-Century, reaching full popularity in the 17th-18th Century. A fore-runner to zines they often combined simple woodcuts and text printed onto a single sheet and folded into a portable easy to produce pamphlet. Anachronalia will be offering the opportunity to bind your own chapbook in the style of an 18th-century chapbook, using historical techniques and a variety of woodcut-style art stamps created in collaboration with artist Dr Geof...
