Workshop Fee (includes materials fee): $350
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Masks are no longer required for workshops, though anyone is welcome to wear one if they wish.

The ingenious All-in-One Box can be made at home with just a few hand tools, eliminating the need for a press (as when making traditional clamshells). It has several special features that to recommend it to the discerning box-maker, including reinforced double walls, which are further strengthened with a lining of jaconet, and an ingenious method of covering using one piece of bookcloth, with very neat cuts and turned-ins that give it a streamlined look.

This class will focus on the fundamentals of boxmaking, from measuring the book accurately to cutting the parts to fit the book exactly. 

>> Recommended prerequisite: Some basic bookbinding or boxmaking knowledge: cutting boards, working with glue, etc. <<

Materials to Bring: 

• A book to fit your box to. Octavo or quarto work best (6 x 9" - 9.5 x 12" or so)
• All tools and materials will be provided, but students with their own bookbinding tools should bring them to class.

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, July 6 & 7, 2024 :: 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 approximately three days prior to the start date of the workshop to allow the instructor time to prep materials for class. We recommend you not wait to register, as workshops that don't meet our minimum enrollment will be canceled, sometimes as much as a week in advance.
 

About the Instructor | Dominic Riley (he/him)

Dominic Riley Is an internationally renowned bookbinder, artist, lecturer and teacher. He has his bindery in England, from where he travels across the UK teaching and lecturing. He spends part of the year teaching in San Francisco and across the USA. His work is mostly restoration and Design Binding, for which he has won many prizes in the Designer Bookbinders competition. He was elected a Fellow of DB in 2008 and is Patron of the New Zealand Association of Book Crafts. His bindings are in collections worldwide, including the British Library, the Grolier Club in New York and the San Francisco Public Library. In 2013 he won first prize, the Sir Paul Getty Award, in the International Bookbinding Competition. Dominic is a past President of the Society of Bookbinders. Dominic and Michael Burke are co-founders of Book Camp, an immersive residential bookbinding experience which aims to teach new generations of binders.

He has taught masterclasses in the USA, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, at the Centro del Bel Libro in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Canada.

Past Student Reviews:

“Dominic is a master binder. His skill level is unsurpassed. It is a privilege to learn from him.”

“I have taken many classes from Dominic and he is always a pleasure to learn from, and demanding. He sets a high personal standard of work.”