ANNOUNCING THE INAUGURAL YORK WAYZGOOSE
30 MARCH 2026
One of our most recent members, Helen Smith, is delighted to announce the first York Wayzgoose, featuring superb guest speakers, workshops, demonstrations, excursions, a print-your-own-beermat pub crawl, a print auction, a drinks reception and Wayzgoose dinner.
Historically, a Wayzgoose marked the transition to candlelit winter working, celebrated with a late-summer feast given by a master printer for their journeymen. The York event, running from 6th-8th August 2026, will be a three-day festival of traditional printing and printmaking techniques, featuring plenary talks from Laura Boswell (Printmakers of Scotland Printmaker of the Year 2025), type designer and calligrapher Vera Evstfieva, Jamie Murphy (Salvage Press), and Belinda Ugalde (Imprenta Enlace).
Demonstrations will include casting type in a hand mould, wood engraving, wood letter cutting, hybrid letterpress and Riso printing, poster printing and much more, and attendees will have the opportunity to view the Hot Bed Press 20:20 Exhibition, on display at Thin Ice Press, and 'Making Waves', a major exhibition about the art of Japanese woodblock print at York Art Gallery. York is the UK’s first and only UNESCO City of Media Arts, home to a world-renowned historic centre, a rich history of print, and a thriving contemporary creative scene.
The deadline for talk and demonstration proposals is Friday 1st May 2026, and the team also welcome applications to exhibit at the one-day Suppliers' Fair. Early Bird registration is open now and closes on 31st May 2026.