In this one-day class, students will learn to construct a Drum Leaf binding, also called a Tipped-Folio binding. This all-adhesive structure involves 'tipping' individual leaves together to create the book. Drum Leaf binding is perfect for turning single sided media including digital prints, photographs, letterpress prints, and artwork made with other processes into an elegant double sided book structure. Working from a provided materials kit, students will construct a 5 x 7 Drum Leaf binding as well as learning strategies for applying the process to different types of single sided media. Students will learn text-block construction, cover-making and the process of putting it all together.   

Materials to Bring: Optional and available at SFCB for student use during workshop: scissors, 12" metal ruler, approx 1" round glue brush. utility knife.

Workshop Fee (includes $25 materials fee): $190.00

Date & Time: Sunday, August 2, 2020 :: 9:30am-5:30pm

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 | Andy Rottner

Andy Rottner is an artist, bookbinder, and the co-founder of Super Classy Publishing. In addition to providing commercial bookbinding and box-making services to artists and institutions; Super Classy publishes artist-books, printed and bound-by hand in Vallejo California. Super Classy's ongoing Sixty-Nine Thirty-Two Artist Book Series features, painting, drawing, poetry, printmaking, collage, fine-art photography and short fiction by a wide range of artists. Andy has a BFA from Wittenberg University & an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute.

Past Student Reviews:

[What did you find most valuable about the workshop?] “Learned a new technique.”

[What did you find most valuable about the workshop?] “All the information Andy shared.”

[What did you find most valuable about the workshop? ] “Walking through the process with an instructor.”