Coming soon:
PRINT EXPO 2525
8th-23rd August 2025
Full programme of workshops, artist talks and events coming soon!
Exhibition:
THE SMALL PRINT
New work by Kerry Simms open until 12th July 2025
Coming soon:
PRINT EXPO 2525
This August, join us at Print Expo 2525 to celebrate 10 years of Out of the Blueprint! With work from recent residents Matilda Bull, Maddie Lennon, Kerry Simms, and Kamal Malhotra, we’ll also be diving into the archives to highlight work from our 25 past residencies.
Alongside the exhibition, we’ll have print workshops, artist talks and a pop-up market. Expect new riso publications and gocco T-shirts, all specially commissioned for the occasion.
We’re also hosting The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth, a sculptural installation by Hans K Clausen made up of 1,984 copies of George Orwell’s 1984.
Full programme coming soon!
Poster design by George Douglas, our first ever artist in residence.
Opening Friday 8th August 2025
Mondays – Saturdays, 10am-5pm
Late opening on Fridays until 8pm
Exhibition:
THE SMALL PRINT
Kerry Simms
THE SMALL PRINT is an exhibition by artist Kerry Simms featuring a series of work developed during her two-month residency in the Out of the Blueprint studio in Spring 2025.
Through layering and abstraction of circuitboard imagery,
Kerry’s artwork presents a bird’s-eye view of the unseen cultural and economic forces that shape our everyday.
Exhibition open until 12th July 2025
Mondays – Saturdays 10am-5pm
What we do
Out of the Blueprint is an eco print studio in Leith, Edinburgh. We use specialist Japanese printing methods called RISO and GOCCO. Through our affordable, sustainable and ethical print service, we produce posters, booklets, T-shirts and more for our local community.
As a social enterprise, we raise money through our eco printing service to support our work with young people.
What can we do for you?
RISO print
Sustainable printing on paper: posters, flyers, artwork, postcards, booklets and leaflets
GOCCO print
Sustainable printing on fabric: T-shirts, tote bags and other wearable garments
Learn RISO
Learn to make your own unique RISO prints at our friendly and fun riso workshops
Learn GOCCO
Join us for an induction and learn how to print your own DIY garments at Abbeymount studios
Print Shop
Browse artwork, comics and zines by young artists, sustainably printed in Leith
Your print jobs help us to support young people with:
Residencies
Paid opportunities with a studio space, access to our print facilities and a solo exhibition
Publishing
Supporting young artists to get their zines, comics and publications into the world
Subsidies
50% off riso print costs (ask for the Young Artist’s Print Discount)
Training
Experience in the studio for those with barriers to employment
Workshops
Groups, classes and educational projects for
young people
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Contact details
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
32-36 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh EH6 8RG
Tue – Sat, 10am – 5pm
by appointment
blueprint@outoftheblue.org.uk
@ootblueprint
0131 555 4604
Out of the Blueprint was set up in 2015 as part of the #artcore youth arts project, supported by Creative Scotland’s
Time to Shine initiative, Young Start and The Robertson Trust
Out of the Blueprint is a social enterprise. We raise approx 60% of our annual income from trading/our print service, fundraising the remainder from public sources, trusts and foundations.
Our creative programme is currently supported by the William Grant Foundation and the National Lottery via Creative Scotland’s Open Project Funding
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