In March 2024, at the Library of Birmingham, a collaborative team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and Birmingham City University launched an AHRC-funded project entitled ‘Small Performances; investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville through heritage science and practice based research’. Two years later, the team is back in Birmingham, taking an interlude from their work to present their research and findings so far.

They would love you to come and see, hear, experience and celebrate their research, and to join them for afternoon tea and cakes The event is free, but spaces are limited, reserve you seat HERE.

Speakers

Marcos Martinón Torres (McDonald Institute for of Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge) Small Performances: an introduction to the project, its people, and the achievements so far.

Caroline Archer-Parré (Centre for Printing History & Culture, BCU) From Tools to Jewells: an object biography approach to the punches.

Liam Sims (University of Cambridge Library) The Baskerville Renaissance in the Cambridge Archives.

Julia Montes Landa (Universidad de Granada) The Manufacture of the Baskerville Punches: the versatile chaîne opératoire of an eighteenth-century printing workshop.

Ann-Marie Carey + Keith Adcock (School of Jewellery, BCU) Revelations of Craftsmanship: 3D modelling of the Baskerville punches.

Mark Box (Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab, University of Cambridge) Small Performances: revolutionising image capture and analysis.

Maciej Pawlikowski (Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab, University of Cambridge) Making the Baskerville Collection Accessible.

Emily Watt (McDonald Institute for of Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge) Exploring the Shape of Baskerville’s Letterforms: geometric morphometric analysis of the punches and textual characters.

Michele Patané (Type Design Consultant, London) Making a Digital Revival of Baskerville’s Typeface