HBC Membership
If you are interested in any of the diverse aspects of hand bookbinding then please consider joining the hand bookbinders of California.
The more involvement we get from the community of bookbinders that exists here in California, the stronger our organization will be! We hold monthly meetings, produce a journal, host workshops, exhibits & lectures, and much, much more.
If you are already a member or would like to find out more about bookbinding activities, locally and globally then you can sign up to our email list. To join the Handbookbinders mail group at Yahoo Groups Sign on to yahoo then use "Find a group" (which may be under options) and enter hbc-email_list to search for our group. (Note it is a minus sign after the hbc and an underscore between email and list) Then follow the instructions to join. This will sign you up for about 2 emails per day of items of interest to bookbinders.
If you are a member regardless of if you do or NOT want to receive emails of general interest please send email to Webmaster@handbookbinders.org with your email address so we can notify you of important / or urgent information such as last minute changes to date, time or venue of our next meeting.
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIPREGULAR PRESENTATIONS by working bookbinders, booksellers, paper decorators, printers, collectors and other book arts professionals at our monthly meetings. Free to members and their guests.
OUR NEWSLETTER, The Gold Leaf, provides information on local and international book arts events, profiles of well known binders, book news, how-to tips, sources for equipment and supplies and much more. Free with your membership.
WORKSHOPS are offered several times a year, either at teachers' studios or at the San Francisco Center for the Book, with hands-on instruction in techniques, book structures, paper decorating, equipment maintenance and many other topics. Open to all those who are interested.
OUR ANNUAL EXHIBITION featuring recent works by HBC members from around the world, has been hosted, among other locales, at the San Francisco Main Library, Scripps College, Mills College, Stanford University, The California Historical Society and the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
The S.F. CENTER FOR THE BOOK serves as the venue for many HBC workshops. The Center houses letterpress and bookbinding equipment and a resource library.
SPECIAL EVENTS such as book fairs, joint meetings with other local book arts groups, trips to other bookbinding centers and our annual holiday party.
Click here to join or re-join today!
Membership fees:
Regular $30 per year
Second Member $5 (same address)
