Box Making Core :: Basic Structures
October 6th, 2018 9:30 AM
- Instructor: Andrew Rottner
- Workshop Type: Binding
- Workshop Status: Closed
- Workshop Start: October 6th, 2018 9:30 AM
- Workshop End: October 6th, 2018 5:30 PM
- Sessions: 1
Working from pre-cut materials students will learn three simple enclosures: Folded Paper Portfolio, Phased Box, & Slipcase. Students will be guided through the various design, construction, applications, pros, cons, and special options for each structure.
Critical skills covered include:
- Scaling from object to enclosure
- Box Construction and Covering
- Scoring and Folding Paper
- Options for combing and augmenting these basic structures
Materials to Bring: Optional and available at SFCB for use during class: X-acto knife, glue brush, bone folder, straight edge, scissors.
Workshop Fee (includes $25 materials fee): $190.00
Date & Time: Saturday, October 6, 2018 :: 9:30am-5:30pm
Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Note: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class
REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.
About the Instructor | Andy Rottner
Andy Rottner is an artist, bookbinder, and the co-founder of Super Classy Publishing. In addition to providing commercial bookbinding and box-making services to artists and institutions; Super Classy publishes artist-books, printed and bound-by hand in Vallejo California. Super Classy's ongoing Sixty-Nine Thirty-Two Artist Book Series features, painting, drawing, poetry, printmaking, collage, fine-art photography and short fiction by a wide range of artists. Andy has a BFA from Wittenberg University & an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute.
Past Student Reviews:
“Andy is very knowledgeable and has tons of great information. He was very attentive, walked around and was able catch a mistake before it was too late. The demos were excellent.”
“This was a fun class!”
“I really enjoyed Andrew's teaching style and I look forward to the next box class!”
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
United States