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, March 23, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, March 23, 2024, 4:30 PM
Elaine Chu

Enhance your collage skills and add a new twist to your finished pieces with beeswax. Working with various papers, imagery, and melted wax students will leave class with finished artworks ready to hang.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 24, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, March 24, 2024, 4:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Learn the basics of pochoir, a stenciling technique that is great for editioning and book art. Pochoir will help you add color and depth to your projects.

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Arts
Sessions: 3
Start: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 9:30 PM
Billy Ola Hutchinson

Pick up where you left off in Hand Lettering with Billy Ola Hutchinson's twist on Copperplate/Spencerian!

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 30, 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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Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 31, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 31, 2024, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

Straight out of a 1970s Italian phone booth, this 360-degree flexible binding offers many advantages because it bends and does not break.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, April 4, 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: 2
Start: Saturday, April 13, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 14, 2024, 4:30 PM
Dorothy Yuki

Explore the possibilities of making prints from flowers, plants, and other materials found in nature in this two-day workshop.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, April 15, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, April 15, 2024, 9:00 PM
Hope Amico

Let the Collage Claw Machine dictate your materials!

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Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 3:00 PM
Patricia Wakida

Learn the basics of carving and printing designs from linoleum blocks.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 5:00 PM
Stephanie Jucker

Discover how to create trace monotypes, a form of printing without a press, and then use the resulting prints to design a one of a kind pop-up accordion book.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 5:00 PM
Kate Laster

Learn about the tender art of subtractive drawing that is papercut! What happens when we make images with razor sharp sweetness?

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