Book & Paper Arts Workshops
[Cancelled] Decorative Box Making :: Box with Drawers (San Francisco, CA)
Not only for housing books, hand made boxes have a variety of functions. This course will teach the basics of decorative box construction. Students will create a box with three drawers. By mastering the basic template for this box model, students will gain the necessary skills for other varieties of boxes, while also enhancing their bookbinding skills. The instructor will bring a sample collection of boxes for discussion of aesthetics and design to be used throughout the workshop.
Location/Venue: San Francisco Center for the Book
For more info & pictures: https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3793
Cost/Fee: $165
Material/Studio fee: $10
Their workshop calendar: https://sfcb.org/workshops
Instructor and bio: Pietro Accardi owned a bookbindery in Turin (Italy) for 12 years. He worked for Turin's main public library, Municipal Archives, and University libraries restoring and binding books and he ran his own paper marbling and decorative box making business. Now he lives in Gardnerville, NV.