Welcome to the Bracken Press PRINT-workshop website
Intaglio (etching, drypoint, aquatint)
& block printing & wood engraving
(lino-prints, surface printing) & letterpress
Established 1974.


Limited edition artist's book of just 26 copies, 1/4 leather hardbound + solandar box.
The 7th Exhibition by Scalby Artists
will be hosted at the premises of Bracken Press
Scalby Fair Day
Saturday 22nd June 2026
Daily between the hours of 10.00a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
3 Scalby Artists have come together to stage an extra element to the Scalby Fair Week which occours yearly in the village.
The 3 artists taking part being:-
Judith Ellis
Speth Milnes
Michael Atkin

Scalby Fair date 2026
Date June 22nd between 10.00 - 4.00 p.m.
To add something a little different to the Fair, the doors to the printmaking workshop will be open to the public.
Demonstrations of the printmaking process and a chance to print some memorabilia on the day using an 1869 Albion platen press.
''Bracken Press'
is the 'private press' imprint name for the printmaker Michael Atkin.
Dates for
OPEN STUDIOS 2026
June 7th & 8th, 14th & 15th
1o.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
No appointment necessary
OPEN STUDIOS 2025
November 1st & 2nd
11.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
At all other times by appointment only.