Box Making Core :: Lift-Top Box

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November 16th, 2019 9:30 AM

  • Instructor: Andrew Rottner
  • Workshop Type: Binding
  • Workshop Status: Closed
  • Workshop Start: November 16th, 2019 9:30 AM
  • Workshop End: November 17th, 2019 5:30 PM
  • Sessions: 2

Protect delicate books or suites of prints in elegant and durable full-cloth covered lift-top presentation boxes. On Day 1, working from a provided template, students will be guided through the process of constructing custom lift-top boxes for books, suites of prints and other media. On Day 2, Students will themselves design and construct a box for a small book, suite of prints, or object of their choosing. Students will be invited but not required to bring their own materials to work with on their individual projects. All skills learned in Day 1 will now be applied by the student to their individual project including spec'ing and cutting boards, scaling & design.    


Materials to Bring: A small book or object to make a box for (5 x 7 Max size), any materials that the student wishes to use on their custom box.(Object and materials not really needed till day 2 but still good to bring day 1 for us to make decisions etc.)

Workshop Fee (includes $35 materials fee): $370.00

Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, November 16 & 17, 2019 :: 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 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.


About the Instructor | Andy Rottner

Andy Rottner is an artist, bookbinder, and the co-founder of Super Classy Publishing. In addition to providing commercial bookbinding and box-making services to artists and institutions; Super Classy publishes artist-books, printed and bound-by hand in Vallejo California. Super Classy's ongoing Sixty-Nine Thirty-Two Artist Book Series features, painting, drawing, poetry, printmaking, collage, fine-art photography and short fiction by a wide range of artists. Andy has a BFA from Wittenberg University & an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute.


Past Student Reviews:

“I’ll be telling friends about the Box Making Core classes. They’re great.”

“I love Andy’s teaching process. He makes a box right along with the students pointing out key techniques stopping at intervals for the students to copy his work. This back and forth works very well in the class.”

“I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to make a personalized box after working on a kit box. It was a well structured class and Andy was personable and experienced.”

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