This is a two session online workshop.

We can say that any technique, structure and use of materials are valid if two main pillars of bookbinding are taken into consideration: the correct opening of the book and its preservation in time. Bookbinding is born to protect the book and make it readable at the same time. 

Stubs are pieces of paper folded as many times as necessary to equal the thickness of a signature, a folio or a single sheet, to which signatures are sewn. These pieces of paper serve as an extension of the book, protecting the text block from the processes of spine rounding, backing and lining.

Reversible stubs allow the signature to be removed for restoration, cleaning, or digitization, and then be resewn - preserving not only the book but also the binding.

This is an intermediate-level workshop intended for binders with experience sewing and folding paper, and ideally interested in conservation techniques. The workshop fee includes a materials kit that will be mailed via USPS; due to issues with international shipping, this class is limited to US students only.

Materials to Bring: 

• Kit mailed by SFCB

AND

• PVA adhesive
• Small painting roller for gluing
• Small brush, 1cm width or similar size
• Flat plate as a surface to roll out adhesive
• Scalpel with many blades n°11, x-acto knife or similar
• Cutting mat 27cm x 42cm
• Metal ruler 30cm long
• Metal square 30cm long
• Small weight
• Small scissors
• Bone folder with a nice point
• One small square 10/15 cm long or similar

Optional: 

• Small rulers 10/15c/20 cm
• Metal folder
• Teflon folder

Workshop Fee: $150
Tuition assistance is available; please apply here.

Date & Time: Wednesdays, May 18 & 25, 2022 :: 4-7pm Pacific time

Location: Online over Zoom

SFCB online workshops are recorded; all registered students will have access to the videos for four weeks after the final class meeting.

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

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.

About the Instructor | Sol Rebora

Sol Rebora has over 20 years’ experience in fine booking, having trained in Canada, USA, England, France and Switzerland.  Since 1999, she has practiced and taught design bookbinding from her studio (Estudio Rebora) in Buenos Aires.  She has won multiple awards for her work as 1st prize in the ‘Set’ category of the American Academy of Bookbinding’s 2016 ‘OPEN-SET’ competition and “Silver Award”2017 DB International Competition, UK.   
Examples of her work are held in many private and public collections such as the British Library Collection.

Past Student Reviews:

 “Very careful, detailed instructions and demonstrations from a personable and talented artist."

“The instructor was very thorough and clearly an experienced bookbinder as well as an experienced online instructor."

“Sol was terrific!  Excellent instruction and techniques that can be replicated in a home studio.”

“I love Sol's work and have been wanted to take a workshop with her for some time. Offering it through Zoom made it possible. She is a great instructor and I was really pleased to learn this technique.”