From the Bench
join us for this series of half hour studio visits with SFCB community members where we open up our studios and take part of our lunch break together. Grab a sandwich and stop on by the first Thursday of each month at 12:30pm Pacific time.
Past From the Bench Tours
March 6, 2025: From the Bench of Rae Lanzerotti (San Francisco) Watch the recording
February 6, 2025: From the Bench of Gino Robair (SF Bay Area) Watch the recording
December 5, 2024: Erin Fletcher / Herringbone Bindery (Austin, TX) Watch the recording
November 7, 2024: Steph Kudisch (Oakland, CA) Watch the recording
October 3, 2024: Servane Briand (San Francisco, CA) Watch the recording
September 5, 2024: Molly Meng (Portsmouth, NH) Watch the recording
August 1, 2024: Zach Clark / National Monument Press & Chute Studio (Oakland, CA) Watch the recording
July 11, 2024: Josh Dannin / Directangle Press (Bethlehem, New Hampshire) Watch the recording
June 6, 2024: Insiya Dhatt (San Francisco, CA) Watch the recording
May 2, 2024: Courtney Cerruti (Oakland, CA) Watch on Vimeo
April 4, 2024: Maymanah Farhat (Fresno, CA) Watch on Vimeo
March 7, 2024: celeste hernández (Tijuana, Baja California) Watch on Vimeo
February 1, 2024: Kathy Aoki (Santa Clara, CA) Watch on Vimeo
November 2, 2023: Paloma Lucas (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
October 5, 2023: Mary Bruno / Bruno Press (St. Joseph, MN) Watch on Vimeo
September 7, 2023: Steve Miller / Red Hydra Press (Tuscaloosa, AL) Watch on Vimeo
August 3, 2023: Nicholas Cladis (Iowa City, IA) Watch on Vimeo
July 6, 2023: Lyall F. Harris (Charlottesville, VA) Watch on Vimeo
June 1, 2023: Max Stadnik / Max's Garage Press & Tiny Splendor (Berkeley, CA) Watch on Vimeo
May 4, 2023: Andrew Huot / Big River Bindery (Toronto, Canada) Watch on Vimeo
April 6, 2023: Gillian Stewart / Juju Books (Glasgow, Scotland) Watch on Vimeo
March 2, 2023: Jocelyn Bergen / Zephyrine Press (Kingston, NY) Watch on Vimeo
February 2, 2023: Morgan Calderini / Ladyfingers Letterpress (Colorado Springs, CO) Watch on Vimeo
January 5, 2023: Marie Kelzer / Marie Kelzer Designs (Marina del Rey, CA) Watch on Vimeo
November 3, 2022: Richard Kegler / DRY Inc. (Rochester, NY) Watch on Vimeo
October 6, 2022: Richie Peña / Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking (Austin, TX) Watch on Vimeo
September 1, 2022: Hope Amico (Portland, OR) Watch on Vimeo
August 4, 2022: Yukimi Annand (Torrance, CA) Watch on Vimeo
July 7, 2022: InterOcean Studio (Englewood, CO) Watch on Vimeo
June 2, 2022: Rosae Reeder (Philadelphia, PA) Watch on Vimeo
May 5, 2022: Peter Kruty Editions (Brooklyn, NY) Watch on Vimeo
April 7, 2022: Judith Berliner / Full Circle Press (Grass Valley, CA) Watch on Vimeo
March 3, 2022: CODEX VIII International Book Fair (Richmond, CA) Watch on Vimeo
February 3, 2022: Zoë Goehring / Cave Paper (Tucson, AZ) Watch on Vimeo
January 6, 2022: Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder (San Antonio, TX) Watch on Vimeo
December 2, 2021: Mary Uthuppuru / Spring Leaf Press / Colophon Book Arts Supply (Bloomington, IN) Watch on Vimeo
November 4, 2021: Jerushia Graham (Atlanta, GA) Watch on Vimeo
October 7, 2021: Islam Aly (Cairo, Egypt) Watch on Vimeo
September 2, 2021: Sarah Bryant :: Big Jump Press (Tuscaloosa, AL) Watch on Vimeo
August 5, 2021: Don Rash :: Boss Dog Press :: School for Formal Bookbinding (Plains, PA) Watch on Vimeo
July 1, 2021: Emily Martin (Iowa City, IA) Watch on Vimeo
Past Shelter in Studio Tours, May 2020 - June 2021
June 24, 2021: Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA) Watch on Vimeo
June 17, 2021: Cheryl Derricotte (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
June 10, 2021: Alan Dye :: Noble Impressions (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
June 3, 2021: Mary V. Marsh :: Quite Contrary Press (Oakland, CA) Watch on Vimeo
May 27, 2021: Meryl Macklin (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
May 20, 2021: Samuel Feinstein (Chicago, IL) Watch on Vimeo
May 13, 2021: Clifton Meador (Cove Creek, NC) Watch on Vimeo
May 6, 2021: John Risseeuw :: Cabbagehead Press (Tempe, AZ) Watch on Vimeo
April 29, 2021: Rea Lynn de Guzman (Burlingame, CA) Watch on Vimeo
April 22, 2021: Nikki Thompson :: Deconstructed Artichoke Press (Sacramento, CA) Watch on Vimeo
April 15, 2021: Meri Brin :: Fixated Press (Oakland, CA) Watch on Vimeo
April 8, 2021: WORK/PLAY (St. Louis, MO - East Saint Louis, IL) Watch on Vimeo
April 1, 2021: The Studio is Right! Watch on Vimeo
March 25, 2021: Solange Roberdeau (Elk, CA) Watch on Vimeo
March 18, 2021: Inge Bruggeman (Reno, NV) Watch on Vimeo
March 11, 2021: Andie Thrams (Coloma, CA) Watch on Vimeo
March 4, 2021: Joel Benson :: Dependable Letterpress (Vallejo, CA) Watch on Vimeo
February 25, 2021: Bryan Kring :: Kring Design Studio (Oakland, CA) Watch on Vimeo
February 18, 2021: Brien Beidler :: Beidler Made (Bloomington, IN) Watch on Vimeo
February 11, 2021: Jessica Spring :: Springtide Press (Tacoma, WA) Watch on Vimeo
February 4, 2021: Stephanie Jucker (San Rafael, CA) Watch on Vimeo
January 28, 2021: Nina Eve Zeininger :: Neon Sprinkles Studio (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
January 21, 2021: Matt Runkle (Cottage Grove, OR) No video is available, our apologies
January 14, 2021: Mark Sarigianis :: The Prototype Press (Southern Maryland) Watch on Vimeo
January 7, 2021: Luz Marina Ruiz (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
December 17, 2020: Karen Hanmer :: book artist and instructor (Glenview, IL) Watch on Vimeo
December 10, 2020: Julie Chen :: Flying Fish Press (Berkeley, CA) Watch on Vimeo
December 3, 2020: Kitty Maryatt :: Two Hands Press (Playa Vista, CA) Watch on Vimeo
November 19, 2020: PromptPress with Jennifer Colville, Alexandra Janezic and Elizabeth Munger (Iowa City, IA) Watch on Vimeo
November 12, 2020: James Tucker :: The Aesthetic Union letterpress shop (SF, CA) Watch on Vimeo
November 5, 2020: Rhiannon Alpers :: letterpress printer / book artist (SF, CA) Watch on Vimeo
October 29, 2020: Grendl Löfkvist :: Letterpress printer and calligrapher (Oakland, CA) Watch on Vimeo
October 22, 2020: John Sullivan :: Logos Graphics papermaking studio (SF, CA) Watch on Vimeo
October 15, 2020: Shawn Sheehy :: Paper engineer (Chicago, IL) Watch on Vimeo
October 8, 2020: Rebecca Chamlee :: Pie in the Sky Press (Simi Valley, CA) Watch on Vimeo
October 1, 2020: Jose Ramirez Calamateo :: Nebula at Side Project Studio (San Francisco, CA) Watch on Vimeo
September 24, 2020: Roadworks 2020 Preview at SFCB with Chad and Jennie
September 17, 2020: C.K.Itamura :: Peach Farm Studio (Santa Rosa, CA) Watch on our Vimeo page
September 10, 2020: Roadworks 2020 artist Eric Rewitzer :: 3 Fish Studios (Plymouth, CA) Watch on Vimeo
September 3, 2020: Megan Gibes :: Arion Press bindery (San Francisco, CA) Watch on our Vimeo page
August 27, 2020: Li Jiang :: Lemoncheese Press (Berkeley, CA) Watch on our Vimeo page
August 20, 2020: Norman Clayton :: Classic Letterpress (Ojai, CA) Watch on our Vimeo page
August 13, 2020: Mary Mortimer at the Compound Gallery (Oakland, CA) Watch on our Vimeo page
August 6, 2020: John DeMerritt :: John DeMerritt Bookbinding (Emeryville, CA) Watch on our Vimeo page
July 30, 2020: Mary Risala Laird :: Quelquefois Press (Berkeley, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
July 23, 2020: Coleen Curry :: design bookbinder (Muir Beach, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
July 16, 2020: Blake Riley & Jeff Raymond :: Arion Press pressroom (SF, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
July 9, 2020: Thea Sizemore :: Kavamore Press (Berkeley, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
July 2, 2020: Michelle Wilson :: papermaker and artist (Oakland, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
June 25, 2020: Brian Ferrett :: M&H Type Foundry at Arion Press (SF, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
June 18, 2020: Macy Chadwick :: In Cahoots Residency (Petaluma, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
June 11, 2020: Andy Rottner :: Super Classy Publishing (Vallejo, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
June 4, 2020: Juliayn Coleman :: Book Island Bindery (Oakland, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
May 28, 2020: Pietro Accardi :: Accardi Book Arts (Gardnerville, NV) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
May 21, 2020: Jennie Hinchcliff :: Red Letter Day (SF, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page
May 14, 2020: Chad Johnson (El Cerrito, CA) Watch the video on our Vimeo page