Also known as ‘shepherd’s purse' or ‘explosion page’ and often used commercially for tourist maps, the Turkish map fold is a simple and impactful feature to add to a binding. The surface of this fold pops out dramatically beyond the pages that contain it. Students in this class will learn to fold the ‘purse’ and ways to connect their folded pages to turn them into books. There will also be an exploration of different options for covering their pages and everyone will leave finished map folded book works.  

Materials to Bring: Decorative paper, notebook.

Optional and available at SFCB for student use during workshop: bone folder, pencil, utility knife, glue stick.

Workshop Fee (includes $10 materials fee): $65.00

Date & Time: Thursday, February 22, 2018 :: 6:30-9:30pm

Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Note: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.

About the Instructor | Bettina Pauly

Bettina is living in San Francisco as a book artist and working as a letterpress printer with Kim Vanderheiden at Painted Tongue Studios, Oakland, California. She teaches workshops at the San Francisco Center for the Book, the Academy of Art University and O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. She loves books and boxes both as physical objects and as containers of meaning. She is interested in a variety of folded, sewn and woven structures in which she can incorporate her printing.

Past Student Reviews:

“Bettina was incredibly informative and wonderful! We had such a blast and I can't wait to incorporate these techniques into my art (I'm a cartographer so this class was very fitting).”

“I loved coming here!"

“I had an excellent experience. The workshop was fun, interesting, and very informative. As a result, I know that I will continue in the folding of papers and making of covers that I learned. It was a fun and interesting workshop."