SFCB's bookbinding courses range from the enduring structures of both Western and Eastern traditions to contemporary approaches, with a wealth of bookmaking techniques in between, including pamphlets, pop-ups, exposed sewing stitches, protective boxes, photo albums and more.
Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 15, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 21, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Tired of having to wrestle with your beloved books as you read them? This class is for you. Learn how to take a glued-back paper-covered book and transform it into something more durable and beautiful. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, December 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 22, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Dominic Riley |
Make a handsome, two-piece box with a tooled label – this is the last word in luxury boxes and makes a lovely gift! |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
This course will introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, January 12, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, January 12, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Madison Gordon |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Wait-list |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Megan Gibes |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Madison Gordon |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, January 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, January 26, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Learn how to use Japanese paper to repair leather books. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, January 27, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, January 31, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Samuel Feinstein |
Practice the fundamentals of blind tooling and gold tooling on leather, using brass tools and gold leaf. Appropriate for beginners, or those looking to build their skills. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Working from pre-cut materials, students will learn three simple enclosures: Folded Paper Portfolio, Phased Box & Slipcase. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, February 2, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, February 2, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Sarah Songer |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 12
Start: Monday, February 3, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, May 12, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Explore the ethereal nature of parchment and practice edge gilding over the course of 12 sessions in this advanced bookbinding class. |
Wait-list |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, February 8, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, February 8, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Megan Gibes |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, February 15, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, February 15, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Madison Gordon |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Brian Lieske |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, February 22, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, February 22, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 2, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Coleen Curry |
Make an elegant, multi-section, flexible leather binding with leather doublures and a suede flyleaf. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Expand your skills to build a custom hinged box for a favorite book or prints. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Madison Gordon |
In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper. |
Wait-list |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, March 17, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, March 21, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
Our Bookbinding Core Certificate Program introduces students to four different binding models, leading them through the history and evolution of bookmaking. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
This introduction to leatherwork for bookbinding covers the tools and techniques commonly used in leather bookbinding today. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Madison Gordon |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Michelle Sarjeant |
Learn several simple techniques to repair your hardcover clothbound books, including mending tears, rebuilding missing board, and sharpening corners. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding. |
Wait-list |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, April 7, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, April 11, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Beth Redmond |
Our Bookbinding Core Certificate Program introduces students to four different binding models, leading them through the history and evolution of bookmaking. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, April 13, 2025, 5:00 PM |
Rhiannon Alpers |
This engaging 2-day weekend workshop offers a deep dive into the art of boxmaking, focusing on constructing a multi-tiered tray with a magnetic enclosure. |
Open |
Binding, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Learn another use for the accordion fold: create an in-depth scene using postcards and photographs to make a lovely, layered, 3-dimensional book. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 20, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Make a cloth-covered box from pre-cut pieces in this beginning workshop. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Beth Redmond |
The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding. |
Open |
Binding, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 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. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Brian Lieske |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |