[Full] Distressed Wooden Boards Binding (San Francisco, CA)

This unique invented structure is sewn over leather straps and combines both the structural and the decorative through the use of unconventional materials. Layers, color, and depth play a key role in the painted board covers, and the sewing supports give a nod to historical bindings with an artistic variation.

In this two-day workshop students will explore the possibilities of combining hand-painted
wooden boards, non-adhesive binding, closures and sewing supports to create one of a kind books of their own. The structure has many applications which can give students ideas and inspiration about how to take this book to the next level in their own artists' book practice.

Location/Venue: San Francisco Center for the Book
For more info & pictures: https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3763
Cost/Fee: $342
Material/Studio fee: $28

Their workshop calendar: https://sfcb.org/workshops

Instructor and bio: Rhiannon Alpers, has an MFA in Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago and a BA in Book Arts from UCSB. She is a papermaker, letterpress printer and book artist. She has taught academic courses at San Francisco Art Institute, University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, Dominican University, Academy of Art University, Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, Columbia College Chicago, Santa Reparata School of Art in Florence, Italy. She has taught workshops for Penland School of Crafts, Book Arts LA, San Diego Book Arts, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Kala Printmaking Institute, Center for Book and Paper in Chicago, and at her own studio in the Mission District.