art studio
U-Build, 2025
Britannia Works, 56 Dace Road, E3 2NQ
Based in what was once the heart of east London's print industry, the London Centre for Book Arts is an artist-run, open-access studio offering education programmes for the community and affordable access to resources for artists and designers. Visit for tours of the studio, practical print demos and an exhibition of publications by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson's Gaberbocchus Press (1948-1979).
Bow Road, Pudding Mill Lane
Hackney Wick
276, 339, 488
Entrance to studio is opposite Bream Street, next to the entrance to Iron Works 58 Dace Road.
The toilet is on the ground floor, step free access. It is accessible but does not have grab bars.
Working studio environment.
11:00–17:00
Tour the studio's unique letterpress, foil blocking and risograph printing facilities alongside the library, bookshop and gallery.
11:00–17:00
Tour the studio's unique letterpress, foil blocking and risograph printing facilities, library and gallery alongside practical print demos.
Based in what was once the heart of east London’s print industry, the London Centre for Book Arts (LCBA) is an artist-run, open-access studio offering education programmes for the community and affordable access to resources for artists and designers.
The Centre’s mission is to foster and promote book arts and artist-led publishing in the UK through collaboration, education, distribution, and by providing open-access to printing, binding and publishing facilities.
The studio is comprised of a working printshop, bindery and publishing studio with an extensive collection of special equipment, along with a gallery, unique research library and shop. The facilities at LCBA are available to everyone regardless of background, education or experience.
Visit to explore the studio, see print demos and find out more about our range of public workshops and how to join the community of artists, designers, publishers and makers at LCBA - the first and only centre of its kind in the UK.
Themerson & Themerson: Gaberbocchus Press (1948–1979).
An exhibition of books and ephemera by the avant-garde publishing press founded in London, 1948 and run collaboratively by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.
