**UPCOMING WORKSHOPS**
Scroll down to see dates farther into the future. Past classes are at the very bottom.
Pulp Painting Techniques
June 9th, 2012 from 10-5pm
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Taught by Michelle Wilson
Class fee: $150
Finely beaten paper pulp can act just like paint to make brilliant imagery in handmade paper. When dried, the painting is an actual part of the paper, which can stand alone or be transformed further through drawing, printing, traditional painting, or whatever you can think of for a mixed media creation. This class will cover various pulp painting techniques including direct painting, stencils, collage inclusions, and other means of pulp-based mark-making. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to
students. Materials are included, and there is a short tool list which will be emailed for the class once you are enrolled.
Making Paper with Exotic Fibers
July 14th, 2012 from 10-5
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Taught by Rhiannon Alpers
Class Fee: $150
Learn the basics of creating your own handmade paper with exotic fibers from your garden, grocery and local florist. From the harvesting and collecting stage to finished sheets, we'll learn the process for making paper with unique fibers (such as grasses, vegetables, fresh herbs and flowers). Students will get to cook, beat, and form sheets of paper in this one day intensive. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to students.
Materials are included, and there is a short tool list which will be emailed for the class once you are enrolled.
Fibers for use in this class will be provided and resources given for local sources.
Watermarks
August 25th, 2012 from 10-5pm
Taught by Michelle Wilson
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Class fee: $150
Watermarks are a mark-making technique unique to hand papermaking. In this class, learn the secret of turning your own images into watermarks - images that hide within a sheet of paper but be visible when held up to the light. The class will cover various ways of making both invisible and visible watermarks.
Sculptural Paper Structures
September 15th , 2012 from 10-5pm
Taught by Rhiannon Alpers
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Class fee: $150 includes materials
This is a hands-on class for students to learn about creating custom shaped paper sculptures from armatures. Students willlearn building methods for armatures and covering techniques for varied transparency effects. Examples of the work to be created can be seen online. Students can bring sketches of ideas to work from. The sculptures will be small because of time constraints, but techniques and skills will be discussed for larger scale sculpture.
Beginning Bookbinding: Core Curriculum
$ 470.00
Sessions: 8
Thursdays, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, and 3/1
6:30 - 10:00pm
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
Learn bookbinding's basic vocabulary, its fundamental tools and their uses, as well as the materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of the craft. Students will construct four hardcover, hand-bound, multi-section books over the course of the series. Each binding in the series will add to the skills previously learned and integrate new techniques. Modifications for working at home without complex equipment will also be covered. Teachers will provide resources for buying your own supplies locally and on the web, as well as training on how to use bindery equipment such as the guillotine, Kutrimmer paper cutter and board shear.
Materials to bring: tool kit

Materials Fee: $50
Beginning Bookbinding: Core Curriculum
$ 470.00
Sessions: 4
Saturdays, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 and 2/25
9:30am - 5:30pm
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
Learn bookbinding's basic vocabulary, its fundamental tools and their uses, as well as the materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of the craft. Students will construct four hardcover, hand-bound, multi-section books over the course of the series. Each binding in the series will add to the skills previously learned and integrate new techniques. Modifications for working at home without complex equipment will also be covered. Teachers will provide resources for buying your own supplies locally and on the web, as well as training on how to use bindery equipment such as the guillotine, Kutrimmer paper cutter and board shear.
Materials to bring: Scissors, Awl, Olfa snap blade or X-Acto knife, metal straight-edge with both english and metric units, cutting mat, pencil, bone folder, medium glue brush.
Materials Fee: $50
Papermaking
Saturday, May 12
10:30am-5:30pm
Sessions: 1
$125 (members: $112)
Lab Fee: $20 payable to instructor
Held at Sonoma Community Center
Discover the basics of creating your own handmade paper with plant fiber inclusions and dried
plants from your garden and local florist. Dried flowers, leaves and paper inclusions will be
provided that have been treated but students are welcome to bring found and dried plants from
their local area to experiment. From forming the wet pulp to dry finished sheets, students will
learn the basics to make paper in this one-day class. Tips and suppliers will be suggested for
making paper at home. Students will also be able to take home the damp pressed sheets they
made to be air dried, and some can be left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to
students.
Leather Journals
Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00am-4:00pm
Session: 1
Workshop Fee: $125 (members: $112)
Lab Fee: $20 payable to instructo
There is nothing quite like the satisfaction of journaling and sketching in a book you have made. This class is designed for the beginner, and welcomes artists of all kinds to create a book for a thousand uses (paintings, poetry, photos, lists, drawings). Made of a soft leather with a beautiful stitched pattern on the spine called the longstitch, this rugged book is meant to be trekked and traveled with. For everyday or on your special travels, we'll discuss ways to decorate and customize the book to suite your needs.
PAST CLASSES AT A GLANCE
-- 2010 - 2011 --
Bookbinding 3
March 26 - 27, 2011, 9:30 - 5:30 PM
Held at SFCB
Using skills and techniques learned in Bookbinding 1 and 2, this course focuses on greater precision in binding and rounding techniques to make a more complex, durable, round-back book.
Simple Structures
April 5, 2011, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Held at SFCB
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this 3-hour workshop.
Creating Letterpress Business cards
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
www.kala.org
class #28: April 2: Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Tuition $96 Materials $30 Total Cost $126
No matter what your trade is, making an impression matters. The look and tactile feel of impression from a hand letterpress printed business card signals to the world that you are serious about what you do and how you do it.
Simple Structures
January 25, 2011, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Held at SFCB
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this 3-hour workshop.
Bookbinding Level 2
February 26 - 27, 2011 9:30AM - 5:30 PM
Held at SFCB
Building on the skills acquired in Bookbinding I, go into greater depth and detail as you further examine the anatomy of a book.
Decorative Hardcover Journal
Held at Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park
http://www.sharonartstudio.org/season/w11/adultWSw11.htm
Sunday | 3/6 | 10am-4:30pm | #19240
fee $72 FOSAS members | $82 non-members & $30 material fee
Beginners welcome for an introduction to bookmaking! Learn to make your first simple hard cover book in this one day class.
Bookbinding 1 - Evenings
Mondays: July 11, July 18, July 25 & August 1
6:30 pm - 10 pm
Class Fee: $250
Held at the San Francisco Center for the Book
Feather River Art Camp
Linkstitch and Longstitch Variations
June 19 to June 26, 2011
Feather River Website for more information
(office) 2512 13th Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94606
510-601-1619
The longstitch is a non-adhesive (no glue) binding structure that has a wonderful history and endless variations. Over this weeklong session students will have the chance to both learn new stitching patterns and experiment with combining them to create unique artist books. This class is open to both beginner and intermediate book binding students and requires no previous book making experience. Basic knowledge of scissors, Xacto knives and measuring is helpful.
Feather River Art Camp is located approx. 225 miles north-east of Oakland in the Sierra foothills at an elevation of 3400’ off of Highway 70. The town of Quincy on Highway 89 is 5 miles away.
Letterpress: Typesetting
June 11-12: Saturday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
class #49
Class Fee: $224
Materials $25
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
If you are curious about learning to set type, this letterpress intensive covers all the basic processes: hand-setting and printing of type, the history of hand-set type and the specialized terminology involved in the process. You'll also learn how to use, adjust, and maintain the Vandercook press. All workshop participants have an opportunity to set and print type with tips on how to achieve neat, sharp and deep black text.
http://www.kala.org/class/individual2011/letterp/alpers49.html
Simple Structures
Tuesday, May 17
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Class Fee: $75
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this three-hour workshop. You'll learn a variety of structures such as an accordion book, single-section pamphlet stitch, vertical link stitch, flag book and Japanese stab—to make fun, simple books that can be turned into artists' books.
http://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=403
Bookbinding Level 1
Saturday, May 21 & Sunday, May 22
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Class Fee: $250
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand-bound books. This class will introduce you to the fundamental tools, materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of the craft, as well as resources for buying your own supplies. Apply this new knowledge and use traditional methods to construct two hard cover, hand-bound, multi-section books (one full cloth cover, one-paper-and-cloth combination cover).
-- FALL 2010 --
Box Making: Three Ways to House Your Books
August 28 - 29th, 2010
Saturday and Sunday - 9:30-5:30 PM
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
After you've taken Bookbinding 1, what do you do with the books you've made? Learn to make three boxes to house your books in this workshop for intermediate bookbinders.
Bookbinding Level 1
September 9-10, 2010
9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Concertina Book and Box Set
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
tel: 510-549-2977 (office)
September 11-12, 2009
Saturday – Sunday 10am – 4pm
www.kala.org
This is a hands-on class for students to learn about the craft of boxmaking and bookmaking.
Papermaking with Plants
Filoli Gardens Estate
http://www.filoli.org/
Friday - Saturday, September 24- 25, 9:30 am–3:30 pm
Instructor: Rhiannon Alpers
Fee: $175 members; $210 non-members. Fee includes paper making materials. There is a short tools list that will be available upon registration.
Discover the basics of creating your own handmade paper with exotic fibers from your garden, grocery and local florist. From harvesting and collecting to finished sheets, you’ll learn and do the entire process in this two-day class. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to students. Please note that this is a hands-on class, be prepared to have lots of fun and get wet in the process; please wear clothes that can get messy and shoes with traction.
Bookbinding Level 1
October 9-10, 2010,
Saturday and Sunday - 9:30-5:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Bookbinding Level 2
October 23-24, 2010
Saturday and Sunday - 9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Building on the skills acquired in Bookbinding I, go into greater depth and detail as you further examine the anatomy of a book.
Letterpress Cards
November 13, 2010
10-4pm
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
tel: 510-549-2977 (office)
www.kala.org
Letterpress Holiday Cards
Kala Printmaking
Nov 13, 2010
10-4pm
Reinvent the holiday card in time to reach your friends and family! In this one-day workshop you will make a photopolymer relief plate from your own drawings or photos and text, help set up the Vandercook letterpress, and print a suite of your own cards on provided paper. No prior letterpress experience is required. Materials are provided.
Caterpillar Stitches
November 16 & 17 Evenings
6:30 - 9:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Holiday Papermaking
Dec 11, 2010
Saturday 12-4
1890 Bryant Street, Studio 311
$50 includes materials and postage to mail your paper once it's dry
Make paper with holiday cheer! Cards, shapes and fun colored small paper for gift tags and creative wrapping. Learn to make a sheet of paper with a traditional mold and deckle, as well as stencils and shapes.
All the paper you'll make is tree free or recycled fibers, and we'll cover ideas to make paper at home.
--- SUMMER 2010 ---
Simple Structures
June 7, 2010, 6:30-9:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this 3-hour workshop.
Bookbinding Level 2
June 12-13, 9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Building on the skills acquired in Bookbinding I, go into greater depth and detail as you further examine the anatomy of a book.
Bookmaking in Nature
Feather River Art Camp, Lake Tahoe
June 21-26, 2010
www.featherriverartcamp.com/id48.html
Offered for the first time at Feather River Art Camp. The book structures we will be creating are the Caterpillar Stitch with a wrap around spine, a Coptic with decorated covers, and a French link-stitch bound on leather tapes with milk painted wooden covers.
Shaped Boxes
July 3, 2010
9:30-5:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
In this workshop for intermediate bookbinders learn to make several different boxes from custom templates.
Bookbinding Level 1
July 10-11, 2010
9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Book And Box of Natural Curiosities: A Unique Treasure
July 19-30, 2010
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz Summer Workshops
www.cabrillo.edu/academics/artstudio/cabrilloarts/class.htm
Class #001VABC1-01
In this course you will create a custom collection of natural curiosities. We will create a visual narrative in a hand-sewn book with the option to create a dos-a-dos (a French term meaning "back-to-back") book structure. Students will build and decorate a matchbox drawer structure to house your book, with extra compartments for found and collected artifacts.
Bookbinding Level 1
August 5-6, 2010
9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
--SPRING 2010 --
Sat Apr 3-4 2010
Bookbinding Level 3
SFCB
class info
Letterpress Business Cards
Sat Apr 10, 2010
Kala Printmaking Institute
class info
Fri Apr 16-17, 2010
Landscape Sketch Book
Filoli Garden Estate, South San Francisco
class info
Simple Structures
Tue Apr 20, 2010
SFCB
class info
Sculptural Paper 1
Sun April 24-25, 2010
890 Bryant, Studio 311
class info
Sat May 1-2, 2010
Portfolio Box for Printmakers
SFCB
class info
Bookbinding 1
May 8-9, 2010 9:30-5:30 PM
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Bookbinding Intensive
May 17-21
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Learn the essentials of bookbinding in this four-day workshop, the equivalent of Bookbinding 1 and 2.
Bookbinding 3
May 29-30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Using skills and techniques learned in Bookbinding I and II, this course focuses on greater precision in binding and rounding techniques to make a more complex, durable, round-back book.
Japanese Book and Wrapbox
Held at 1890 Bryant Street, Studio 311, San Francisco
Saturday May 29th, 2010
10am - 5:30 pm
$150 includes materials
|http://rhiannonalpers.com/artwork/827956_Japanese_Book_and_Wrapbox_Saturday_May.html | register here by clicking on the price of the class|
In this one day class you'll learn the essentials for building an esquisite hard bound japanese style stab binding with hemp-leaf stitching design and a hard wrap cover with bone closure.
Pulp Painting Techniques
June 9th, 2012 from 10-5pm
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Taught by Michelle Wilson
Class fee: $150
Finely beaten paper pulp can act just like paint to make brilliant imagery in handmade paper. When dried, the painting is an actual part of the paper, which can stand alone or be transformed further through drawing, printing, traditional painting, or whatever you can think of for a mixed media creation. This class will cover various pulp painting techniques including direct painting, stencils, collage inclusions, and other means of pulp-based mark-making. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to
students. Materials are included, and there is a short tool list which will be emailed for the class once you are enrolled.
Making Paper with Exotic Fibers
July 14th, 2012 from 10-5
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Taught by Rhiannon Alpers
Class Fee: $150
Learn the basics of creating your own handmade paper with exotic fibers from your garden, grocery and local florist. From the harvesting and collecting stage to finished sheets, we'll learn the process for making paper with unique fibers (such as grasses, vegetables, fresh herbs and flowers). Students will get to cook, beat, and form sheets of paper in this one day intensive. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to students.
Materials are included, and there is a short tool list which will be emailed for the class once you are enrolled.
Fibers for use in this class will be provided and resources given for local sources.
Watermarks
August 25th, 2012 from 10-5pm
Taught by Michelle Wilson
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Class fee: $150
Watermarks are a mark-making technique unique to hand papermaking. In this class, learn the secret of turning your own images into watermarks - images that hide within a sheet of paper but be visible when held up to the light. The class will cover various ways of making both invisible and visible watermarks.
Sculptural Paper Structures
September 15th , 2012 from 10-5pm
Taught by Rhiannon Alpers
1890 Bryant Street, #308
Class fee: $150 includes materials
This is a hands-on class for students to learn about creating custom shaped paper sculptures from armatures. Students willlearn building methods for armatures and covering techniques for varied transparency effects. Examples of the work to be created can be seen online. Students can bring sketches of ideas to work from. The sculptures will be small because of time constraints, but techniques and skills will be discussed for larger scale sculpture.
Beginning Bookbinding: Core Curriculum
$ 470.00
Sessions: 8
Thursdays, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, and 3/1
6:30 - 10:00pm
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
Learn bookbinding's basic vocabulary, its fundamental tools and their uses, as well as the materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of the craft. Students will construct four hardcover, hand-bound, multi-section books over the course of the series. Each binding in the series will add to the skills previously learned and integrate new techniques. Modifications for working at home without complex equipment will also be covered. Teachers will provide resources for buying your own supplies locally and on the web, as well as training on how to use bindery equipment such as the guillotine, Kutrimmer paper cutter and board shear.
Materials to bring: tool kit

Materials Fee: $50
Beginning Bookbinding: Core Curriculum
$ 470.00
Sessions: 4
Saturdays, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 and 2/25
9:30am - 5:30pm
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
Learn bookbinding's basic vocabulary, its fundamental tools and their uses, as well as the materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of the craft. Students will construct four hardcover, hand-bound, multi-section books over the course of the series. Each binding in the series will add to the skills previously learned and integrate new techniques. Modifications for working at home without complex equipment will also be covered. Teachers will provide resources for buying your own supplies locally and on the web, as well as training on how to use bindery equipment such as the guillotine, Kutrimmer paper cutter and board shear.
Materials to bring: Scissors, Awl, Olfa snap blade or X-Acto knife, metal straight-edge with both english and metric units, cutting mat, pencil, bone folder, medium glue brush.
Materials Fee: $50
Papermaking
Saturday, May 12
10:30am-5:30pm
Sessions: 1
$125 (members: $112)
Lab Fee: $20 payable to instructor
Held at Sonoma Community Center
Discover the basics of creating your own handmade paper with plant fiber inclusions and dried
plants from your garden and local florist. Dried flowers, leaves and paper inclusions will be
provided that have been treated but students are welcome to bring found and dried plants from
their local area to experiment. From forming the wet pulp to dry finished sheets, students will
learn the basics to make paper in this one-day class. Tips and suppliers will be suggested for
making paper at home. Students will also be able to take home the damp pressed sheets they
made to be air dried, and some can be left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to
students.
Leather Journals
Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00am-4:00pm
Session: 1
Workshop Fee: $125 (members: $112)
Lab Fee: $20 payable to instructo
There is nothing quite like the satisfaction of journaling and sketching in a book you have made. This class is designed for the beginner, and welcomes artists of all kinds to create a book for a thousand uses (paintings, poetry, photos, lists, drawings). Made of a soft leather with a beautiful stitched pattern on the spine called the longstitch, this rugged book is meant to be trekked and traveled with. For everyday or on your special travels, we'll discuss ways to decorate and customize the book to suite your needs.
PAST CLASSES AT A GLANCE
-- 2010 - 2011 --
Bookbinding 3
March 26 - 27, 2011, 9:30 - 5:30 PM
Held at SFCB
Using skills and techniques learned in Bookbinding 1 and 2, this course focuses on greater precision in binding and rounding techniques to make a more complex, durable, round-back book.
Simple Structures
April 5, 2011, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Held at SFCB
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this 3-hour workshop.
Creating Letterpress Business cards
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
www.kala.org
class #28: April 2: Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Tuition $96 Materials $30 Total Cost $126
No matter what your trade is, making an impression matters. The look and tactile feel of impression from a hand letterpress printed business card signals to the world that you are serious about what you do and how you do it.
Simple Structures
January 25, 2011, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Held at SFCB
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this 3-hour workshop.
Bookbinding Level 2
February 26 - 27, 2011 9:30AM - 5:30 PM
Held at SFCB
Building on the skills acquired in Bookbinding I, go into greater depth and detail as you further examine the anatomy of a book.
Decorative Hardcover Journal
Held at Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park
http://www.sharonartstudio.org/season/w11/adultWSw11.htm
Sunday | 3/6 | 10am-4:30pm | #19240
fee $72 FOSAS members | $82 non-members & $30 material fee
Beginners welcome for an introduction to bookmaking! Learn to make your first simple hard cover book in this one day class.
Bookbinding 1 - Evenings
Mondays: July 11, July 18, July 25 & August 1
6:30 pm - 10 pm
Class Fee: $250
Held at the San Francisco Center for the Book
Feather River Art Camp
Linkstitch and Longstitch Variations
June 19 to June 26, 2011
Feather River Website for more information
(office) 2512 13th Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94606
510-601-1619
The longstitch is a non-adhesive (no glue) binding structure that has a wonderful history and endless variations. Over this weeklong session students will have the chance to both learn new stitching patterns and experiment with combining them to create unique artist books. This class is open to both beginner and intermediate book binding students and requires no previous book making experience. Basic knowledge of scissors, Xacto knives and measuring is helpful.
Feather River Art Camp is located approx. 225 miles north-east of Oakland in the Sierra foothills at an elevation of 3400’ off of Highway 70. The town of Quincy on Highway 89 is 5 miles away.
Letterpress: Typesetting
June 11-12: Saturday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
class #49
Class Fee: $224
Materials $25
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
If you are curious about learning to set type, this letterpress intensive covers all the basic processes: hand-setting and printing of type, the history of hand-set type and the specialized terminology involved in the process. You'll also learn how to use, adjust, and maintain the Vandercook press. All workshop participants have an opportunity to set and print type with tips on how to achieve neat, sharp and deep black text.
http://www.kala.org/class/individual2011/letterp/alpers49.html
Simple Structures
Tuesday, May 17
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Class Fee: $75
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this three-hour workshop. You'll learn a variety of structures such as an accordion book, single-section pamphlet stitch, vertical link stitch, flag book and Japanese stab—to make fun, simple books that can be turned into artists' books.
http://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=403
Bookbinding Level 1
Saturday, May 21 & Sunday, May 22
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Class Fee: $250
Held at San Francisco Center for the Book
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand-bound books. This class will introduce you to the fundamental tools, materials (paper, cloth, board and adhesives) and techniques (folding, sewing and gluing) of the craft, as well as resources for buying your own supplies. Apply this new knowledge and use traditional methods to construct two hard cover, hand-bound, multi-section books (one full cloth cover, one-paper-and-cloth combination cover).
-- FALL 2010 --
Box Making: Three Ways to House Your Books
August 28 - 29th, 2010
Saturday and Sunday - 9:30-5:30 PM
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
After you've taken Bookbinding 1, what do you do with the books you've made? Learn to make three boxes to house your books in this workshop for intermediate bookbinders.
Bookbinding Level 1
September 9-10, 2010
9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Concertina Book and Box Set
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
tel: 510-549-2977 (office)
September 11-12, 2009
Saturday – Sunday 10am – 4pm
www.kala.org
This is a hands-on class for students to learn about the craft of boxmaking and bookmaking.
Papermaking with Plants
Filoli Gardens Estate
http://www.filoli.org/
Friday - Saturday, September 24- 25, 9:30 am–3:30 pm
Instructor: Rhiannon Alpers
Fee: $175 members; $210 non-members. Fee includes paper making materials. There is a short tools list that will be available upon registration.
Discover the basics of creating your own handmade paper with exotic fibers from your garden, grocery and local florist. From harvesting and collecting to finished sheets, you’ll learn and do the entire process in this two-day class. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to students. Please note that this is a hands-on class, be prepared to have lots of fun and get wet in the process; please wear clothes that can get messy and shoes with traction.
Bookbinding Level 1
October 9-10, 2010,
Saturday and Sunday - 9:30-5:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Bookbinding Level 2
October 23-24, 2010
Saturday and Sunday - 9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Building on the skills acquired in Bookbinding I, go into greater depth and detail as you further examine the anatomy of a book.
Letterpress Cards
November 13, 2010
10-4pm
Held at Kala Printmaking Institute
tel: 510-549-2977 (office)
www.kala.org
Letterpress Holiday Cards
Kala Printmaking
Nov 13, 2010
10-4pm
Reinvent the holiday card in time to reach your friends and family! In this one-day workshop you will make a photopolymer relief plate from your own drawings or photos and text, help set up the Vandercook letterpress, and print a suite of your own cards on provided paper. No prior letterpress experience is required. Materials are provided.
Caterpillar Stitches
November 16 & 17 Evenings
6:30 - 9:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Holiday Papermaking
Dec 11, 2010
Saturday 12-4
1890 Bryant Street, Studio 311
$50 includes materials and postage to mail your paper once it's dry
Make paper with holiday cheer! Cards, shapes and fun colored small paper for gift tags and creative wrapping. Learn to make a sheet of paper with a traditional mold and deckle, as well as stencils and shapes.
All the paper you'll make is tree free or recycled fibers, and we'll cover ideas to make paper at home.
--- SUMMER 2010 ---
Simple Structures
June 7, 2010, 6:30-9:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
One workshop, five books! Learn basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in this 3-hour workshop.
Bookbinding Level 2
June 12-13, 9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Building on the skills acquired in Bookbinding I, go into greater depth and detail as you further examine the anatomy of a book.
Bookmaking in Nature
Feather River Art Camp, Lake Tahoe
June 21-26, 2010
www.featherriverartcamp.com/id48.html
Offered for the first time at Feather River Art Camp. The book structures we will be creating are the Caterpillar Stitch with a wrap around spine, a Coptic with decorated covers, and a French link-stitch bound on leather tapes with milk painted wooden covers.
Shaped Boxes
July 3, 2010
9:30-5:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
In this workshop for intermediate bookbinders learn to make several different boxes from custom templates.
Bookbinding Level 1
July 10-11, 2010
9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Book And Box of Natural Curiosities: A Unique Treasure
July 19-30, 2010
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz Summer Workshops
www.cabrillo.edu/academics/artstudio/cabrilloarts/class.htm
Class #001VABC1-01
In this course you will create a custom collection of natural curiosities. We will create a visual narrative in a hand-sewn book with the option to create a dos-a-dos (a French term meaning "back-to-back") book structure. Students will build and decorate a matchbox drawer structure to house your book, with extra compartments for found and collected artifacts.
Bookbinding Level 1
August 5-6, 2010
9:30-5:30pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
--SPRING 2010 --
Sat Apr 3-4 2010
Bookbinding Level 3
SFCB
class info
Letterpress Business Cards
Sat Apr 10, 2010
Kala Printmaking Institute
class info
Fri Apr 16-17, 2010
Landscape Sketch Book
Filoli Garden Estate, South San Francisco
class info
Simple Structures
Tue Apr 20, 2010
SFCB
class info
Sculptural Paper 1
Sun April 24-25, 2010
890 Bryant, Studio 311
class info
Sat May 1-2, 2010
Portfolio Box for Printmakers
SFCB
class info
Bookbinding 1
May 8-9, 2010 9:30-5:30 PM
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Curious about the anatomy of a book and how to construct one yourself? Learn the fundamentals of the craft and construct two hardcover, hand bound books.
Bookbinding Intensive
May 17-21
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Learn the essentials of bookbinding in this four-day workshop, the equivalent of Bookbinding 1 and 2.
Bookbinding 3
May 29-30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Using skills and techniques learned in Bookbinding I and II, this course focuses on greater precision in binding and rounding techniques to make a more complex, durable, round-back book.
Japanese Book and Wrapbox
Held at 1890 Bryant Street, Studio 311, San Francisco
Saturday May 29th, 2010
10am - 5:30 pm
$150 includes materials
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In this one day class you'll learn the essentials for building an esquisite hard bound japanese style stab binding with hemp-leaf stitching design and a hard wrap cover with bone closure.
