Tapestry Book - ONLINE - WKSP2026-07-12

ONLINE: Tapestry Book with Anna Yevtukh

Join us for a fun and creative online workshop where you'll learn how to create your own handmade journal featuring a beautiful, embroidered spine.

Discover this mix of the art of bookbinding and embroidery to create a unique journal.

No prior experience is needed, just bring your enthusiasm and creativity!

Anna Yevtukh is a member of the Society of Bookbinders, Designer Bookbinders and the local Guild of Designer Craftsmen who studied art and bookbinding in Ukraine and has been utilising these skills to build her handmade books since 1998. Anna is Ukrainian but has been permanently based in Worcester, UK since June 2006.

Basing her ethos on the fact that ‘’books should not merely be perceived as a means from which to read or write within’’, Anna’s artistic view to bookbinding allows her to create pieces of book art that are not only constructed with passion and flare to the highest quality but that are completely unique and personal.

Anna conducted various bookbinding, book arts and book conservation workshops and courses across the UK since 2007 and also teaches online for the last 4 years. She was a bookbinding tutor at Malvern School of Art from 2011 until 2021.

 www.anna-yevtukh.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annayevtukhbooks/

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WORKSHOP DETAILS:

Location: ONLINE using Zoom

Dates: 2 Sundays, July 12 & 19, 2026

Hours:10:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EDT)

Course fee: $135 members / $195 non-members

Prerequisite: none

Maximum Enrollment: 25

Registration closes Monday, July 6, 2026, 11:59 PM EST

This is a live workshop, but it will be recorded. Anna Yevtukh is willing to allow the registrants to download the videos for their personal use only. CBBAG will provide a download link to registrants only that is active for 30 days through Zoom.

MATERIALS

• Book cloth (homemade backed linen or commercial), 32 x 19cm
• Book cloth 15 x 7.5cm to line the spine inside
• Grey board 2mm thickness, short grain, sized 21 x 29.7cm
• Grey board 1mm thickness, sized 15.2 x 4.5cm
• 52 sheets of cartridge paper, 14.8 x 21cm, short grain (folded in half and arranged into 13 sections with 4 folios inside each one) – if you can’t find cartridge paper then a heavier text weight paper will work – 70lb or 100 gsm
• 14 sheets of coloured thin card, 14.8 x 21cm, short grain
• 2 metal fasteners /buckles, about 0.6 - 1cm diameter
• Thin leather 0.5mm thickness for strips fasteners, 30 x 0.7cm (2 pieces)
• 3 colours of embroidery, crochet, or pearl cotton threads (Dark, medium and light colours), 6-7 meters of each or 1 skein of each colour - not too heavyweight.

TOOLS

• Cutting mat
• Craft knife
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Awl
• Needle
• Metal ruler
• PVA glue /brush/waste paper

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Online Workshop Process:

Materials should be prepared in advance of the workshop to the specifications which will allow participants to take the best advantage of the live format. Please review the technical requirements below prior to registration to be sure you can participate. Questions should be directed to workshop@cbbag.ca

Technical requirements for participation:

• Access to the internet and to the Zoom application
• Screen large enough to follow instructor’s video feed (cell phone is not ideal)
• Microphone or Headset / Webcam
• How to join a zoom meeting information https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193

Cancellation policy:

Participant-requested cancellations will be accepted up to 3 days prior to the published cut-off date for registration and will be subject to a 10% cancellation fee (a minimum of $5). After that, the full fee will be forfeited. In the event of the workshop being cancelled by CBBAG, the workshop fee will be fully refunded.