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Meticulous Ink On Paper Festival

Name: Meticulous Ink On Paper Festival
Address: Bath, BA15BG, GB
Telephone: +441225333004

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Save the Date: 16th to 20th June 2026, Meticulous Ink On Paper Festival will be back!

Workshops, stationery heaven, shop the fair, get inspired and creative over five days of paper-based delights.

09/09/2026

Grand Fair Festive Edition! Saturday 28th November 2026
10am to 5pm, Bath Pavilion, Bath, UK.

We’re making it easier and more organised to visit with timed ticket entry. Choose from:
10am to 12pm
12pm to 2pm or
2pm onwards.

We’ll have three ticket types too:
• General admission
• Fountain pen pack - receive a gorgeous Kaweco Sport fountain pen.
• Stationery Indulgence bag - a delightful bag of secret stationery goodies plus a voucher to participate in our Creative station on the day.

Tickets will be limited and are likely to sell out, so we highly recommend signing up to the mailing list to get first access.

Tickets will be available very soon!

25/06/2026

SAVE THE DATE! The Grand Fair is returning for our first festive edition and exhibitor applications are now open!

Are you an exceptional stationer, bookbinder, printmaker, artist, creative making your own delightful goodies with a tenuous link to paper? If so, we’d love to welcome you.

We’ll be taking over Bath Pavilion with around 70+ exhibitors creating beautiful things.

Half tables available from £79 and tables are provided. Applications are now open. Let me know if you have any questions.

Run by the team

23/06/2026

Enormous thank you to so many humans that make this event possible:

The Meticulous Ink team & volunteers, all our exhibitors, creative workshop teachers.
To CODEBREAK for sponsoring our marketing, advertising and website.
Tom’s Studio for sponsoring the Stamp Rally with an absolutely epic prize.
Our chosen charity: From Me to You.

And an enormous thank you to all our attendees and visitors. Thank you so much for your patience, thank you for queuing and I really hope you had a lovely day once you got inside. I’m so sorry if you weren’t able to get in. I really appreciate you all being so wonderful and understanding. Each time we run this event we learn and tweak to make it even better and it’s only our second time at this scale.

Our next event is Grand Fair - Festive Edition. Please save the date: Saturday 28th November! Tickets will be released soon 🔜 🎟️

19/06/2026

Stamp Rally - Grand Fair, Saturday 20th June

All Advance ticket purchasers will receive a Grand Fair Passport. Inside you’ll find a list of exhibitors that are participating. Find and collect all 56 amazing stamp impressions. Each and every one is different, some are even hand carved! Tiny artworks you can keep forever. Once you’ve collected them all, head back to the entrance to enter the raffle for a chance to win a blooming ink-redible stationery prize from our lovely friends :

• Brass Lumos Duo Creative Pen
• Ori infinitely Refillable Highlighter Pen Set
• Wren Pen
• Field Mouse portable pen
• 5 x full size inks
• Studio Pad
• assorted ink selection

From Divide & Rule: Post & Write pen

From Meticulous Ink: a Stationery Indulgence luxury gift bag with a surprise selection of goodies.

Get your entries in by 4pm!

17/06/2026

Wow you wonderful lot! Advance tickets to the Grand Fair this Saturday 20th June are now SOLD OUT!

Do not fear, We will have tickets on the door:
£10 entry from 10am with Grand Fair Passports while stocks last. Entry after 3pm is only £5.

• Well behaved small dogs on lead are very welcome.
• Bath Pavilion entirely wheelchair accessible.
• Kids under 12 go free.
• take part in the Stamp Rally for a chance to win an AMAZING stationery prize from Tom’s Studio, Divide & Rule and Meticulous Ink - more details to follow!

Open 10am to 5pm
Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bath BA2 4EU, UK

Very much can’t wait to see you there!

05/06/2026

The culmination of the On Paper Festival - our amazing Grand Fair!
Saturday 20th June 2026 • 10am to 5pm
Bath Pavilion, Bath, UK

A glorious fair day with over 70 independent artists, printmakers, and stationers. Be inspired by the amazing talent of these lovely creative humans, plus…

• Try Letterpress Printing on a press from 1870.
• Build your own limited edition fountain pen at the Kaweco DIY event.
• Get free personalisation with every Leuchtturm notebook.
• Support our chosen charity and scribe something lovely at the Letter Writing Station.
• Take part in a Mini Workshop through the day (booking recommended!).
• Complete the Stamp Rally to have a chance of winning an amazing prize from & worth over £500!
• Shop directly with our amazing exhibitors and talk to the artists face to face.

Tickets are just £7.50 in advance and include your Grand Fair Passport - a beautiful A6 sketchbook that you can fill with stamps, doodle, test inks, or journal to your hearts content in.

What are you most excited about? I personally cannot wait to build a glow in the dark Kaweco pen!

04/06/2026

On Paper Festival Workshop:
Junk Journaling Scrap & Yap with Tillie Rose Studio
Friday 19th June • 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Spend the afternoon junk journaling with Tillie Rose Studio. Learn that with junk journaling there are no rules and that literally anything can be turned into art in this sustainable alternative to traditional scrapbooking. All you need to bring is a journal or scrapbook and yourself, everything else will be provided, including glue, scissors, pens, and all the journaling supplies you could need. There will be stickers, papers, washi tape and lots of other ephemera for you to use too. Feel free to bring along any inspiration, photos or papers for collaging.

Everyone will receive an exclusive tote bag filled with junk journal and stationery supplies, with some designed exclusively for On Paper Fest that you can’t get anywhere else!

Tillie Rose has run her studio since 2019, bringing paper based joy and vibrant colour with her wherever she goes.

Just a couple of spaces remain left on this workshop where you’ll- £40pp. Book now! 🎟️🎟️

03/06/2026

Sketchbook Keeping Workshop with Lee John Phillips
Friday 19th June • 10am to 1pm

Lee will introduce you to the absorbing craft of sketchbook keeping and the variety of ways in which you can visually record your everyday experiences in a creative way. You will learn techniques he’s developed that are ideal for recording quickly whilst on rainy streets or in busy cafe’s and galleries. You will work on a variety of surfaces and in a range of materials to document your surroundings in both expressive and representational styles.

In this workshop you’ll turn a single A3 sheet of paper into a wonderfully simple sketchbook to start you on your journey of visual discovery!

Lee John Phillips is a freelance illustrator and avid sketchbook keeper. His client base is both international and varied, covering branding, clothing, product packaging, how-to manuals, concept art and medical illustration. He also carves spoons ‘semi-professionally’ and teaches the craft internationally.

Just two spaces left! £50 pp 🎟️🎟️

02/06/2026

Relief Printmaking Workshop with Diana Brook
Friday 19th June, 10am to 1pm

Join this wonderful printmaking workshop where you’ll get to draw, carve and print your very own design!

Using wonderful Pfeil tools and Welsh Canfield Safe Wash inks, you’ll thoroughly enjoy the pleasing “ooooos” and “ahhhs” from using such forgiving materials.

You’ll leave with an A5 print, greeting cards or A4 piece of artwork, plus will get to keep your carved design for further printmaking at home.

Taught by artist, maker and educator with over 30 years experience,

Only one space remaining on this workshop! £50pp including all materials. Book your space now 🎟️

28/05/2026

Wax Seal Embellishment workshop - Thursday 18th June2026, 2pm to 4pm

Discover the art of wax sealing and find out how to make the perfect seal in this wonderfully hands on workshop.

You’ll learn the basics and work your way up to more elaborate methods, expanding your skills with a variety of different finishes and embellishments, including marbling and using dried flowers. Collect lots of useful tips and create your own selection of wax seals to take home, alongside a kit that includes a brass seal stamp.

Lead by Sarah of a bath based boutique studio specialising sing in calligraphy and stationery for weddings and events.

Last few tickets available now! £70pp including all materials. 🎟️🎟️

Address

Bath
BA15BG

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441225333004

Website

https://meticulousink.com/pages/on-paper-festival

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