Pochoir Basics with Bettina Pauly (Online)

Schedule: Mar 29, 2021 -- 3pm - 5pm (PT); 
4pm - 6pm (MT); 5pm - 7pm (CT); 6pm - 8pm (ET); 
Registration for this class will close on Tuesday, Mar 26, 2021 

In this class we will look at the tools for pochoir and discuss how it has been used. The instructor will show samples of works including some books.
We will also discuss how different pigments work, look at different papers, and talk about what material to use for stencils.

Students will then cut their own stencils and try the technique to get an idea for the medium and to have a chance to address any challenges with the instructor.

Location/Venue:  Online with San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB)
For more info & pictures: https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4020 
Cost/Fee:  $45
Material/Studio fee:  provided by attendee

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

Instructor and bio:  Bettina Pauly is living in San Francisco as a book artist and working as a letterpress printer with Kim Vanderheiden at Painted Tongue Studios, Oakland, California. She teaches book arts and letterpress workshops at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Bettina studied at the Academy of Art University San Francisco in the Book Arts and Letterpress program under Chris Rolik and Macy Chadwick. In addition she took classes at the San Francisco Center for the Book, taught by Mary Laird, Julie Chen, Shawn Sheehy, Michael Burke and Kitty Maryatt.

She loves books and boxes both as physical objects and as containers of meaning. She is interested in a variety of folded, sewn and woven structures in which she can incorporate her printing. Bettina is one of the 2016 artists for the small plates edition at the San Francisco Center for the Book. She is a member of the Hand Bookbinders of California and the Moveable Book Society.

Her work can be found in library collections national and international and she was featured in the following publications: ‘500 Handmade Books’, ‘Good Mail Day’, ‘1000 Artists’ Books’, ‘Thread Loves Paper’, ‘Newsletter for the Movable Book Society, Ed Hutchins’, ‘Movable Book Society cover interview with Ann Staples, 2015’ ‘Bound & Lettered’, Volume 17 Number 2