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.
Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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! |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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! |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Open |