Nina Eve Zeininger

Teaching is one of my favorite ways to communicate my enthusiasm for what I do. 

I have experience teaching bookmaking to students of all ages. My main teaching venue is the San Francisco Center for the Book but I am always on the lookout for other great locations to teach at and always up for the challenge of creating a new class to teach. I am available for teaching groups or one-on-one tutoring in bookmaking and letterpress printing. If you would like me to teach at your venue, please email me at ninaevez@icloud.com.

Fall 2023 Workshops

Bookbinding core 1 :: coptic binding Full!

Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 9:30am-5:30pm (Pacific) | $200
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To paraphrase Lewis Carroll, we begin at the beginning. This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. In addition to coming away with a finished book made by hand, students will also be introduced to the tools and terms of bookbinding. Basic practices and equipment will be discussed as students familiarize themselves with both skills and safety measures needed for working in a bindery.

Bookbinding Core 2 :: flat-back case binding FULL!

Saturday, October 14, 2023 | 9:30am-5:30pm | $200
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In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding; where a sewn textblock is glued into a separate structure known as a case. Students will learn more about the mechanics of books as they build on skills from Core 1 and expand both their vocabulary and capabilities in and around the bindery.

Bookbinding Core 2 :: flat-back case binding

Saturday, October 21, 2023 | 9:30am-5:30pm | $200
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In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding; where a sewn textblock is glued into a separate structure known as a case. Students will learn more about the mechanics of books as they build on skills from Core 1 and expand both their vocabulary and capabilities in and around the bindery.

Bookbinding Core 2 :: flat-back case binding

Sunday, October 29, 2023 | 9:30am-5:30pm | $200
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In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding; where a sewn textblock is glued into a separate structure known as a case. Students will learn more about the mechanics of books as they build on skills from Core 1 and expand both their vocabulary and capabilities in and around the bindery.

Bookbinding Core 3 :: Limp Paper binding

Saturday, November 11, 2023 | 9:30am-5:30pm | $200
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In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound for a specific collection or library. Often covered with calfskin, these limp vellum bindings became an important structure all their own. In this class students will bind a book using these bindings as a model but employing thick paper as the folded and laced wrapper. Students will learn to use a sewing frame and the skill of sewing headbands.