San Francisco Center for the Book

We are excited to welcome visiting instructor Myungah Hyon for two workshops on innovative book structures.

Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring the waterfall flip book, an engaging book structure that transforms a sequence of images into movement through touch. This workshop welcomes beginners, artists, designers, and book enthusiasts interested in interactive book forms. It provides a unique opportunity to discover how simple paper structures can convert still images into dynamic visual experiences.

Participants will learn the mechanics of the waterfall structure and how images unfold in rhythmic sequences. Through guided demonstrations and individual experimentation, each participant will design and construct a flip book using drawings, photographs, patterns, or abstract imagery.

By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a fully functioning interactive artist’s book and new ideas for incorporating movement and sequence into future book projects.

SFCB's Windgate Scholarship Fund is dedicated to providing need-based financial support to individuals interested in learning bookbinding, letterpress printing, and related book arts. Click here to apply.

Prerequisite:
None

Materials to bring:
Feel free to bring images you would like to work with—prints, photographs, drawings, or patterned papers are all great options and will help you create a book that feels personal and unique. Students are also welcome to bring any of their own favorite bookbinding tools.

About the Instructor:
Myungah Hyon is an artist and educator specializing in interactive book forms and sculptural paper structures. Currently a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she authored Book Book to provide an essential guide to binding techniques, and Kaleido_Book to explore the world of experimental paper engineering. Her practice merges precise construction with the mechanical possibilities of paper to create dynamic, non-linear stories.