The National Print Museum kick off their tour of Meath libraries tomorrow for Children’s Book Festival 2011. They’ll visit Dunshaughlin, Dunboyne, Nobber and Rathcairn libraries in the coming days.
Their are two parts in this workshop and each child will have the opportunity to complete both activities.
Part 1 covers hand-setting and printing. Children will work with artefacts from the Museum’s collection to hand set and print their names in metal type. The children will learn basic composing skills to construct their names, which will then be inserted into a ‘WANTED’ poster, and printed on The Farley Proofing Press.
Part 2 covers hat-Making. This section of the workshop will show children how to make old style printers hats, using Origami techniques. They will then have the opportunity to decorate their printer’s hats using a variety of materials.
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