San Francisco Center for the Book

Learn not only the Turkish Map-Fold but also the lesser-known Hungarian Map-Fold!

If you are old (like me) you may remember these awesome Turkish map-folds used for City pocket maps when traveling. Who did not get one of those maps while visiting Rome? And yes, it is still the Turkish map fold even though we are in Italy. And did you know that there was a Hungarian Map-fold, too? It is not really used for maps… but nevertheless it is a great fold for your artist books or mail art.

We will play around with different sizes of paper, how to connect the folds to make infinite long map folds become a garland, and how to make a cover and have two folds facing each other.

Prerequisite:
None

Materials to Bring:
All tools and materials will be provided. 

About the Instructor:
Bettina Pauly (she/her) lives in San Francisco and works as both a book artist and a letterpress printer with Kim Vanderheiden at Painted Tongue Studios, Oakland, California. She loves books and boxes both as physical objects and as containers of meaning. She is interested in a variety of folded, sewn and woven structures in which she can incorporate her printing.