This is a two session online workshop.

In this album structure the signatures are sewn directly onto a piece of book cloth that later will be cased-in to a three piece cover. It’s great as a traveling journal, scrapbook, etc. since the spine is wider than the foredge, meaning you can add pictures and other 3-D objects (within reason!) to it and the covers will remain flat. 

Students will make an 8 x 8” model with the provided materials but the size can vary when you are making this on your own. 

The workshop fee includes a materials kit containing the boards, bookcloth, papers, and thread required to make one model album.

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Materials to Bring: 

Kit sent by SFCB

• PVA adhesive
• PVA mix (PVA and methylcellulose or paste)
• Glue brush
• Cutting mat
• Mechanical pencil
• See-thru ruler
• Metal ruler
• Scissors
• Awl
• Bookbinding needle (large eye to accomodate thick thread), like a #18 blunt

Optional but helpful:

• Dividers
• Japanese hole punch
• Punching cradle

(Bookbinding tool rolls are available on the SFCB website)

Workshop Fee: $120
Tuition assistance is available; please apply here.

Date & Time: 2 Saturdays :: December 11 & 18, 2021 :: 10-12pm Pacific time

Location: Online over Zoom

SFCB online workshops are recorded; all registered students will have access to the videos for a month.

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

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT LEAST 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP TO ALLOW TIME FOR KITS TO SHIP.

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About the Instructor | Lucia Farias

Lucia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Universidad de Monterrey and graduated in 2006 from the MFA in Book Arts + Printmaking program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She taught bookbinding at her former university for over 10 years and has taught workshops for San Diego Book Arts, Philadelphia Center for the Book, International Printing Museum in Carson CA as well as locally in museums and art centers. She started her bindery in 2008 and for the past two years she has been dedicating full time to Oveja Verde in her hometown Monterrey, Mexico where she also teaches workshops. 

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Past Student Reviews:

“I would love to take another class with her.”

“This was a lovely class and I am so grateful to the Center for offering it.”