Weaving a Story Book - ONLINE - 2026WKSP-11-01

ONLINE: Weaving a Story Book with Anna Yevtukh

Join us for a creative journey into bookbinding where you'll learn to ‘weave stories’ into handmade journals - let your creativity flow!

Craft your own unique journal from scratch using traditional bookbinding techniques with a unique exposed sewing on supports.

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/

Facebook: Anna Yevtukh-Squire Handmade Books

WORKSHOP DETAILS:

Location: ONLINE using Zoom

Dates: Sunday, November 1, 2026

Hours: 10:00 AM – 12:15 PM (EDT)

Course fee: $65 members / $125 non-members

Prerequisite: none

Maximum Enrollment: 25

Registration closes Fri, Oct 23, 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

• 36 sheets of paper, 130 gsm, 21 x 12cm, short grain; fold in half
• 1 piece grey board, 2mm thick sized 21 x 29.7cm
• 1 piece coloured thin card or thick paper, 160-180gsm (at least 8.5 x 11 size)
• Decorative paper for the covers
• 7 strips of leather (1mm thick), or Kraft-tex (paper leather), or linen/cotton ribbon, 1cm x 10cm (the same colour or all different)
• Thick linen thread, 1.5 meter
• PVA glue//brush//waste paper as an old glossy magazine

TOOLS

• cutting mat
• Craft knife
• Scissors
• Needle
• Awl

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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.