Useful for holding coupons, recipes, business cards and many other small treasures. This is a book structure created by Hedi Kyle, conservator and book arts instructor in Philadelphia. The Blizzard book has a spine made of folded pockets which hold the text pages in place. No adhesive is used in the structure. Varying the relationship between accordion section width and the height will produce larger or smaller pockets in the spine. If the height to width ratio is more than 4, the structure becomes a ‘crown book’. We will explore both structures and fold a cover out of tyvek – a very strong industrial used material to keep your ‘new blizzard wallet’ safe.

Materials to Bring: Bone folder, pencil, x-acto knife, paint brush, notebook

Workshop + Materials fee: $65

Date & Time: Monday, November 16, 2015 | 6:30pm-9:30pm

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

Note: Please review our Registration Policies before signing up for a class. If you are registering within 3 days of the start date for this class, please call 415-565-0545 ex.105 to complete your registration 

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 terrific, well organized & informative."

"Instructions were clearly given- good handout- nice pace of class, warm & sharing."

"Really enjoyed the class. Looking forward to trying on my own. Loved that we had a beautifully finished project."