Arts

Arts workshops at the San Francisco Center for the Book are the creative heart of bookmaking –  where concept, materials, form and content come together. You'll find courses on varying approaches for creating an artist's book, the many art processes to capture your vision, and structures to spark your imagination.

Workshops: Arts
Type Title Instructor Summary Status
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 1:30 PM
Latifat Apatira

In this unique mixed-media workshop, students will learn a printmaking technique that combines botanical printing and hand coloring to create charming, hand-pressed compositions.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 5:00 PM
Tim Svenonius

Adventures in Color Theory! Make the color wheel into more than just a conceptual model by bending and shaping it to suit your palette and purpose.

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Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 5:00 PM
Dorothy Yuki

A book structure with personality built into the cover, buttonhole books allow for exposed sewing and decorative cuts that give a window from the outside in.

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Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, September 29, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, September 29, 2024, 5:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Explore the unique capabilities and three-dimensional movement of the flag book—a structure composed of crisscrossing “flags” or small pages attached to an accordion-folded spine.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, October 3, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, October 3, 2024, 7:30 PM
Tim Svenonius

Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 5, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, October 5, 2024, 4:00 PM
Jody Alexander

Learn Japanese and French mending techniques and then turn your sampler into a Needle Book!

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Printing, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Move it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 5:00 PM
Dorothy Yuki

Take your words, cut them out, and fold them up! Learn basic paper cutting and folding techniques in this afternoon workshop.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 19, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 19, 2024, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

This extension of our popular Introduction to Western Marbling workshop will help students take their marbling skills to the next level as they learn to marble on fabric that can be used for covering books and boxes.

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Printing, Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, October 26, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 3:00 PM
Patricia Wakida

Students with linocut experience will take things to the next level with multiple blocks and colors.

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Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
Stephanie Jucker

Do you have a selection of postcards, prints, or photographs you’ve always wanted to present as a collection? Here is a beautifully simple accordion album that will protect and display them at the same time.

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Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 12:30 PM
End: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 4:30 PM
Elaine Chu

Sew your own unique journal with embellishments.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 5:00 PM
Dorothy Yuki

Adorn yourself with easy to make paper gems, or give them as gifts!

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Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 5:00 PM
Tim Svenonius

Imagine a personal history made up of maps and charts. What stories would yours tell? In this workshop you'll create a suite of maps, charts, and graphs to make your own autobiographical atlas.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, November 10, 2024, 5:00 PM
Stephanie Jucker

Use collage techniques to create a book with pop-up elements and a hardcover that nestles nicely in an upcycled tin.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 9:00 PM
Jennie Hinchcliff

Students will be guided through the basics of creating faux postage (a.k.a “artist stamps”) using a variety of different mixed media techniques.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 1, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, December 1, 2024, 5:00 PM
Tim Svenonius

Learn to make multi-part stencils for illustration and design.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 2:00 PM
End: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 5:30 PM
Leigh Mclellan

Colorful and fun, this method of decorating paper is easy to learn and the papers created can be used for many purposes.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 15, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 15, 2024, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

This marbling lab takes the art of traditional paper marbling to a new level by introducing metallics to the pigments normally used and experimenting with over-marbling techniques.

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