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  • Compose Yourself: An exploration of historic and contemporary daredevil typesetting

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    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Typesetting for letterpress printing presents multiple challenges: aligning each letter, ensuring ideal word and letter spacing, kerning if necessary, then locking it all up… even defying gravity in a chase. Daredevil typesetting becomes even more challenging as type is formed in circles, curves, waves, and complex illustrations such as landscapes or buildings. Jessica will give […]

  • A Radical Alteration: gallery walk thru with Maymanah Farhat

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    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curator Maymanah Farhat will be in SFCB’s gallery to discuss the exhibition A Radical Alteration, discuss some of her favorite pieces on display, and answer questions about her research at the Women’s Studio Workshop archive. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear about Maymanah’s process and how collaboration with a storied arts organization informed certain curatorial […]

  • From the Bench of Maymanah Farhat

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    Zoom CA, United States

    Welcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what to expect from these amazing artists. This month we'll chat with Maymanah Farhat, a writer, curator, and university lecturer living and working on occupied Yokuts land in California […]

  • Pianel Binding Workshop

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    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    by Coleen Curry   The Pianel binding is a modern twist on binding structures that use metal rods at the joint, more commonly known as piano hinges. The ‘Pianel’ structure designed by Ben Elbel uses the piano hinge as a main structural and visual feature with the piano hinge tucked away in a neat, nifty construction, […]

  • Remember Me: American Carved Stone Books from the Ian Berke Collection

    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Remember Me: American Carved Stone Books from the Ian Berke Collection, curated by Mindell Dubansky,  is a fascinating exploration of the realm where book-like objects and folk art intersect. San Francisco collector Ian Berke began collecting these intriguing artifacts during a chance encounter at an antique show in New England in 2007. Fascinated by a […]

  • From the Bench of Courtney Cerruti

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    Zoom CA, United States

    Welcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about from these amazing artists. This month we'll chat with artist, author, and collaborator Courtney Cerruti, based in Oakland, CA. Courtney started teaching in college by […]

  • From the Bench of Insiya Dhatt

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    Zoom CA, United States

    Welcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about from these amazing artists. This month we'll chat with Insiya Dhatt, a book artist based in San Francisco. Insiya, drawing inspiration from Rajasthan’s deserts and […]

  • 2024 Small Plate Publication Party

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    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join SFCB in celebrating the hard work and creativity of 2024's Small Plates artists Thad Higa, Kate Laster, and Amber Wolf! Annually, SFCB invites three Bay Area artists to produce a limited edition artist book for the Small Plates imprint program. Since the program's inception in 2008, local artists have produced 51 different editions, all of which represent […]

  • Unfolding Duplications: Contemporary Risograph Publishing

    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SFCB showcases contemporary publishers and artists utilizing Risograph technology to create experimental and thought-provoking bookworks.

  • From the Bench of Molly C. Meng

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    Zoom CA, United States

    September's virtual studio tour guest is artist, teacher, and storyteller Molly C. Meng in Portsmouth, NH.

  • BOOK TALK: “On Parchment” with author Bruce Holsinger

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    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SFCB is excited to host author Bruce Holsinger as he shares stories from his latest book "On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age".