**UPCOMING WORKSHOPS**
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 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
Friday - Saturday, September 24- 25, 9:30 am–3:30 pm
Instructor: Rhiannon Alpers
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.
Fee: $175 members; $210 non-members. Fee includes paper making materials. There is a short tools list that will be available upon registration.
Bookbinding 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 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
Caterpillar Stitches
November 16 & 17 Evenings
6:30 - 9:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Past Classes at a Glance
Sat Apr 3-4 2010
Bookbinding III
SFCB
class info
Sat Apr 10, 2010
SFCB
Letterpress Business Cards class info
Fri Apr 16-17, 2010
Landscape Sketch Book
Filoli Garden Estate, South San Francisco
class info
Tue Apr 20, 2010
Simple Structures
SFCB
class info
Sun April 24-25, 2010
Sculptural Paper 1
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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
Friday - Saturday, September 24- 25, 9:30 am–3:30 pm
Instructor: Rhiannon Alpers
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.
Fee: $175 members; $210 non-members. Fee includes paper making materials. There is a short tools list that will be available upon registration.
Bookbinding 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 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
Caterpillar Stitches
November 16 & 17 Evenings
6:30 - 9:30
San Francisco Center for the Book
www.sfcb.org
Past Classes at a Glance
Sat Apr 3-4 2010
Bookbinding III
SFCB
class info
Sat Apr 10, 2010
SFCB
Letterpress Business Cards class info
Fri Apr 16-17, 2010
Landscape Sketch Book
Filoli Garden Estate, South San Francisco
class info
Tue Apr 20, 2010
Simple Structures
SFCB
class info
Sun April 24-25, 2010
Sculptural Paper 1
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.
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 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 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 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.
