Binding

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.

Workshops: Binding
Type Title Instructor Summary Statussort ascending
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, September 29, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, September 29, 2024, 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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 12, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 12, 2024, 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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 9, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 9, 2024, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

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.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 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!

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, September 15, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, September 15, 2024, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

This course will introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 5:30 PM
Michelle Sarjeant

Learn several simple techniques to repair your hardcover clothbound books, including mending tears, rebuilding missing board, and sharpening corners.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 4:00 PM
Beth Redmond

The drum leaf structure is primarily used to bind existing artwork into a book format; it also makes an excellent multi-media sketch book.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 4:00 PM
Clair Emma Smith

Miniature books make great gifts and decorations, and can even be used to note special memories from the past year.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, November 23, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 24, 2024, 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.

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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.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, October 7, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, October 11, 2024, 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.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 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!

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, September 22, 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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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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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

Learn the basics of hand tooling in this one day class.

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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
Sessions: 3
Start: Friday, October 18, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

While bookbinding and book repair share many skills and techniques, they are also distinct pursuits. This course is intended to introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair.

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Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 17, 2024, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

After taking Orientation to Leather, put your paring skills to use in making this simple and elegant leather binding.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 7, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 7, 2024, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

Explore the world of titling on books using heated type and dies - known as stamping.

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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.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 26, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, October 26, 2024, 5:00 PM
Madison Gordon

This screw-post album is a fun and flexible book structure ideal for photographs and scrapbooking. No previous experience necessary!

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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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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
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!

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 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: Saturday, December 7, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, December 7, 2024, 4:00 PM
Megan Gibes

Saturday session!
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 4:00 PM
Nina Zeininger

The accordion book is a versatile structure for artists of all mediums. Students will learn various tips and tricks for creating their own accordion books, and leave with a variety of samples to inspire future projects.

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Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, October 5, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 5:30 PM
Brian Lieske

Protect your prints and books in an elegant clamshell presentation box.

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