San Francisco Center for the Book’s Bookbinding Core and Secondary Core Certificate Programs are structured to allow for scheduling flexibility and advanced study opportunities while offering students a comprehensive foundation in bookbinding. These Core Certificate programs offer personal attention from master teachers and access to our well-equipped bindery.

Finding details and enrolling in this program is simple:

STEP #1 - Click here to read the Program Guide.

STEP #2 - Review the schedule below.

STEP #3 - To receive a discount * either register for a weeklong intensive or register for an entire series at once via phone (415-565-0545) or in-person.

Questions? Contact us at workshops@sfcb.org or 415-565-0545.

Bookbinding Core Schedule

BOOKBINDING CORE 1 :: Coptic Binding with Nina Eve Zeininger: Sunday, September 19, 9:30-5:30pm

BOOKBINDING CORE 2 :: Flat-Back Case Binding with Nina Eve Zeininger: Saturday, October 9, 9:30-5:30pm

BOOKBINDING CORE 3 :: Limp Paper Binding with Monica Holtsclaw: Sunday, October 24, 9:30-5:30pm

BOOKBINDING CORE 4 :: Rounded Back Cloth Binding with Juliayn Coleman: Sundays, November 7 & 14, 9:30-5:30pm

BOOKBINDING CORE 1-4 :: Weeklong Intensive with Juliayn Coleman: Monday-Friday, December 13-17, 9:30-5:30pm

Bookbinding Secondary Core Schedule

Secondary Core workshops will return in 2022...

Secondary Core workshops may have prerequisites. Click on each session for prerequisite details.

Restoration & Repair

Box Making

Leather Bookbinding