Introduction to Bookbinding

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February 24th, 2017 6:30 PM

  • Instructor: Bettina Pauly
  • Workshop Type: Binding
  • Workshop Status: Wait-list
  • Workshop Start: February 24th, 2017 6:30 PM
  • Workshop End: February 24th, 2017 9:30 PM
  • Sessions: 1

The Introduction to Bookbinding course teaches basic structures and stitches that every book artist should know in order to create a multitude of books. Discuss tools and materials for bookbinding and explore adhesives, paper types and uses, as well as grain for paper and book cloth. Learn a variety of structures—single-sheet book, accordion book, single-section pamphlet stitch, combined concertina, and Japanese stab—and make fun, simple books that can be turned into artists’ books.

The instructor will give a full overview of the San Francisco Center for the Book’s Bookbinding Program and how (and why) to obtain the SFCB Bookbinding Certificate. 


Materials to Bring: None.

Workshop + Materials Fee: $65.00

Date & Time: Friday, February 24, 2017 :: 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:

“I liked that the class taught basic structures that can easily be incorporated into projects, and it was taught in an easy-to-follow way and pace.”

“Bettina did a great job teaching the class. She was quite knowledgeable, gave best-practice tips and provided additional information on related local events and spaces and other resources when the class was finished.”

“It was fun, I learned a lot, the instructor was excellent.”

 

375 Rhode Island St
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
United States