Hooray for online workshops! We're thrilled to have discovered a way to reach a wider audience and share more fantastic book arts workshop with students all over the world. Online workshops are now a permanent part of SFCB's curriculum, and we look forward to finding new and interesting ways to teach virtually.
All workshops listed here are offered online via Zoom. All online workshops are recorded; registered students will have access to the videos for a limited time.
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Arts
Printing
Binding
Open
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Closed| Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 6:00 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Improve your knowledge of this critical part of every binding. |
Wait-list |
| Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, July 29, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Thursday, July 29, 2021, 7:00 PM |
Laimah Osman |
Learn to use paper lithography, also known as gum arabic transfer, to print both text and images. |
Open |
| Arts |
Sessions: 3
Start: Friday, July 30, 2021, 5:00 PM
End: Sunday, August 1, 2021, 4:00 PM |
Shawn Sheehy |
The third class in the series: adapt classic pop-up structures to make YOUR OWN novel structures, and bind them up with a scroll-like technique. |
Wait-list |
| Printing |
Sessions: 2
Start: Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 6:00 PM |
Lars Kim |
Learn the fundamentals of digital design for letterpress! Students will learn key skills for software applications like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. We will explore best practices for handling photographic and vector images as well as setting digital type for photopolymer plate production. |
Open |
| Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Thursday, August 5, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Thursday, August 12, 2021, 6:00 PM |
Rea de Guzman |
Apply and layer image transfers onto a variety of art projects in this intermediate level workshop. |
Open |
| Arts |
Sessions: 4
Start: Saturday, August 7, 2021, 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, August 28, 2021, 12:00 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
All that you need to know about Western paper marbling - from home! |
Wait-list |
| Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 3:00 PM
End: Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 6:00 PM |
Karen Hanmer |
An elegant, modern, and versatile binding structure. |
Wait-list |
| Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Sunday, August 15, 2021, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, August 22, 2021, 1:00 PM |
Kathy Abbott |
Learn how to prepare two different types of stub to make into stub bindings. |
Wait-list |
| Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Thursday, August 19, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Thursday, August 26, 2021, 7:00 PM |
Sol Rebora |
Learn the techniques to layer a paper design, suitable for book cover decoration. |
Open |
| Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 6:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a little handmade pop-up book nestled in a tin. |
Open |
| Binding |
Sessions: 4
Start: Thursday, September 9, 2021, 4:00 PM
End: Thursday, September 30, 2021, 7:00 PM |
Samuel Feinstein |
Learn the fundamentals of blind and gold tooling on leather. |
Wait-list |
| Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Sunday, September 12, 2021, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, September 19, 2021, 12:30 PM |
e bond |
Learn the essentials of the caterpillar stitch binding and make a custom journal. |
Open |
| Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 3:00 PM
End: Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 6:00 PM |
Karen Hanmer |
Learn this quick, fun structure - great for travel journals and other books-on-the-go. |
Open |