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 the $100 discount either register for a weeklong intensive (rate already discounted) or register for an entire series (1-4) at once via phone (415-565-0545) or in-person - this discount is not available via online registration.
Questions? Contact us at workshops@sfcb.org or 415-565-0545.
Bookbinding Core Schedule, Fall 2022 (September - December)
FALL 2022 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Students who sign up for the full series of Core 1-4 individual workshops by August 31, 2022 will receive a reduced rate of $795. Please call or email to enroll. The Early Bird Special does not apply to the Weeklong Intensive.
BOOKBINDING CORE 1 :: Coptic Binding with Nina Eve Zeininger: Saturday, September 17, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 1 :: Coptic Binding with Nina Eve Zeininger: Saturday, October 1, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 2 :: Flat-Back Case Binding with Nina Eve Zeininger: Saturday, October 15, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 2 :: Flat-Back Case Binding with Nina Eve Zeininger: Saturday, November 5, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 3 :: Limp Paper Binding with Monica Holtsclaw: Sunday, November 13, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 4 :: Rounded Back Cloth Binding with Sarah Songer: Saturdays, December 3 & 10, 9:30-5:30pm FULL
(we will schedule an additional Core 4 session in early January 2023 for Fall students unable to complete Core 4 in 2022)
BOOKBINDING CORE 1-4 :: Weeklong Intensive with Juliayn Coleman: Monday-Friday, September 12-16, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 1-4 :: Weeklong Intensive with Juliayn Coleman: Monday-Friday, October 31-November 4, 9:30-5:30pm
BOOKBINDING CORE 1-4 :: Weeklong Intensive with Juliayn Coleman: Monday-Friday, December 5-9, 9:30-5:30pm
Bookbinding Secondary Core Schedule
Secondary Core workshops may have prerequisites; please read the class description for details.
Restoration & Repair
BOOK REPAIR CORE :: Cloth Reback ::
Saturday-Monday, October 8, 9 & 10 :: 9:30am-5:30pm
Box Making
BOX MAKING CORE :: Clamshell Box :: Sundays, October 16 & 23 :: 9:30am-5:30pm
Leather Bookbinding
Orientation to Leather :: Saturday, October 22 :: 9:30am-5:30pm (prerequisite for Leather Core workshops) FULL
LEATHER CORE :: Quarter Leather Binding with Laced-On Boards ::