Sewn Boards Binding (San Francisco, CA)

Developed by book conservator and book arts educator Gary Frost, the Sewn Boards binding is an elegant solution for “lay flat” books. Evolving from historical structures which involve “stiffening” a book’s covers, the Sewn Boards binding provides myriad possibilities for both construction and structural design.

In this daylong workshop, Jennie leads students through the construction of a Sewn Boards binding; additional discussion topics include planning for book construction outside of class and preparing an edition of books using this binding method. Students leave class with one finished book structure.

Location/Venue: San Francisco Center for the Book
For more info & pictures: https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3779
Cost/Fee: $165
Material/Studio fee: $20

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

Instructor and bio: As a “near-native” of San Francisco, Jennie Hinchcliff has been teaching classes in bookbinding and related arts since 2001. Her bookworks can be seen in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Special Collection, the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, and the Stadtbibliothek zu Berlin; she has shown work at the San Francisco Center for the Book, Pyramid Atlantic, the New York Art Book Fair and the Tokyo Art Book Fair. Jennie's personal work can be seen in the books "1000 Artist Journal Pages" (Quarry Books, 2008), "The Creative Entrepreneur" (Quarry Books, 2009), and “500 Handmade Books: Volume 2” (Lark Books, 2013). She is a co-author of "Good Mail Day: A Primer for Eye-Popping Post", which explores the infinite possibilities of correspondence art. Under the moniker Red Handed Rubber Stamps, she creates wacky rubber stamps for a purchasing public.