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• Coptic Bookbinding from the 4th-7th Century IN-PERSON 2025WKSP-03-30

  • When
    30 Mar 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Don Taylor Bindery, Toronto
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    2

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  IN-PERSON: Coptic Bookbinding from the 4th-7th Century with Don Taylor

   

  Scrolls were all very well but what the Western world really needed was the codex.

  
  

  What we think of as the book form was first developed by Coptic Christians living in Egypt and the earliest evidence that we have is from the 4th C CE.

  
  

  In this course you will use papyrus, leather, handmade paper, silver, gold, and bone to sew, design and create a series of Coptic bindings of increasing complexity in the spirit and style of the earliest book forms, each one as unique as its creator.

   

  Beautiful, sensual and imbued with a sense of history, these books will give you a base for further creative work.

   

  Don Taylor is a bookbinder and restorer who works and teaches in Toronto. He has taught for CBBAG since 1984. He was trained in bookbinding and design at Sheridan College and the Three Schools of Art and has studied with Betsy Palmer Eldridge. His work is exhibited widely and is represented in public and private collections across Canada, and he can be found at http://www.dontaylorbookbinder.com/ 

   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  Location: Don Taylor Bindery, 222 Islington Ave, Unit 224, Toronto ON M8V 3W7

  Date: 3 Sundays, March 30, April 6, and April 13, 2025

  Hours: 10 am – 5 pm

  Course fee: $315 members/$375 non-members

  Materials fee: $65 payable to the instructor

  Prerequisite: BB1 or permission of the instructor

  MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 5 Participants

  
  

  Registration closes Tuesday, March 18, 2025

  Notes: 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.

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• Bookbinding 3 - In Person - 2025WKSP-04-25

  • Start
    24 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    04 May 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Newlove Bindery, Toronto
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  IN PERSON: Bookbinding 3 with Rose Newlove
  

   

  Bookbinding 3 introduces the advanced techniques used for traditional leather covered, fine binding structures, such as leather paring, lacing-in of boards, back cornering and covering-in on the book.

   

  Participants will make two models, both with sewn headbands, attached boards, and covered in half leather.

   

  The first model will be sewn on recessed cords with a hollow tube construction.

   

  The second model will be sewn on raised cords with a tight back construction.

   

  Bookbinding 3 is one of the core courses required for the CBBAG Certificate of Completion.

  
  

  Rose Newlove is a graduate of the Fleming College conservation program and works as a book and paper conservator in Toronto. She has studied bookbinding at CBBAG with Don Taylor and Betsy Palmer Eldridge and at the American Academy of Bookbinding with Don Etherington.

   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  Location:  Newlove Bindery, Toronto (Runnymede Subway Station)*

  Length of workshop: 6 Days, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays

  Dates: April 25, 26, & 27 and May 2, 3, & 4, 2025

  Hours: 10 am – 5 pm

  Course fee: $680 members / $740 non-members / $535 full time student members

  Materials fee: Included in the course fee

  Prerequisite: BB2, or permission of the instructor

  Maximum Enrollment: 4 Participants

   

  Registration closes Friday, April 11, 2025

   

  Notes:

   * Specific address of workshop will be supplied to registrants.  

   

  The full-time student rate is for CBBAG student members who are also full-time students at a secondary or post-secondary education institution in Canada. Proof of student status may be requested by the CBBAG registrar.

   

  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. Membership fees included in the non-member fee above are not refundable.

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• ONLINE Bookbinding 1: Home Study - Guided Stream - Cohort 10

  • When
    12 May 2025
  • Location
    Online using Zoom and Thinkific
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    0

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  ONLINE Bookbinding 1: Home Study - Guided Stream

  The purpose of the Home Study- Guided Stream programme is to make bookbinding education available to CBBAG members who cannot take advantage of in-person workshops.

  Mentor:  Barbara Helander

  Location: ONLINE using the Thinkific platform and Zoom

  Online workshop access starts: May 12, 2025
  

  Duration: 8 months May  2025 - January 2026
  

  Course fee: $700 members / $760 non-members (incl. one-yr CBBAG membership)

  Additional postage costs not included in course fee:

  • Mailing of workshop material kits from Ontario, invoiced and payable following registration Kits will be mailed in time to be received prior to the first zoom meeting.
  • Mailing three projects for critiques to and return postage from Ontario payable directly to the mentor

  Prerequisite: none

  MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 10 students

  Registration closes February 24, 2025, 11:59 PM
  

  Prior to registration, all interested participants must read this pdf which details the guidelines and expectations of the Guided Stream of the Home Study Programme. Registration for the workshop functions a formal agreement to these guidelines, whether or not they have been read.

  Bookbinding 1 is the first workshop in CBBAG’s core curriculum and introduces the variety of tools, materials, sewings, and constructions fundamental to hand bookbinding.

  Using the Thinkific online teaching platform, the workshop is a series of lecture-style videos, direct demonstration videos, and how-to pdfs housed into modules. The workshop will start with the making of a simple pamphlet and proceed to the binding of two hard cover books.

  Using an online platform allows Mentors to have easy interaction with participants and allows participants to connect and support each other by encouraging discussion, questions and sharing of ideas. There will be a total of 4 Zoom meetings, during which the Mentor will lead a review of the group's project submissions, discuss challenges, and answer questions, emulating the in-person workshop more closely.

  CBBAG will be providing a project materials kit to registrants as part of the workshop fee (postage will be extra).

  The Guided Stream has requires participants to submit their completed projects by postal mail to their Mentor and this online environment allows for better feedback with live Zoom meetings to review submissions and for the whole group to learn together, mimicking the in-person workshop more closely. In total, participants will work through more than 15 individual projects, with 3 sets of submissions spanning 8 months with new modules opening up every 7-8 weeks. Participants are responsible for postage for all the submissions, to and return and is payable to the mentor directly.

  The online, 24/7 delivery of the workshop is designed for an independent type of learner who needs a flexible schedule for learning and is unlikely to be able to attend an in-person workshop.

  Successful completion of Bookbinding 1 in the Guided Stream qualifies participants to take in-person workshops that require Bookbinding 1 as a prerequisite.

  Barbara Helander holds two degrees (B.Ed., M.Sc.) and her major in both was Clothing & Textiles. Her professional career spanned over 35 years where she worked not only in apparel manufacturing but also as a professor of textiles at Seneca College.  Over the years, Barbara has been nurturing a small keepsake business that involved the creation of one-of-a-kind books; but now that she has formally retired, she can finally take bookbinding and the book arts off the back burner!  Barb has worked her way through the core CBBAG courses and was pleased to earn her certificate in the spring of 2010.  Barbara is one of the core curriculum instructors for CBBAG - she teaches BB1 which is the introduction to the fundamentals of the craft. She is also a mentor for CBBAG Home Study.  

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• Memories Book Container - Online - 2025WKSP-05-31

  • When
    31 May 2025
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    19

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  ONLINE: Memories Book Container with Anna Yevtukh

  'The anticipation of all the discoveries to unfold'. Literally… During this workshop you will learn how to create a beautiful piece of book arts that can serve as a container for your memories, poems, memorabilia, photographs.

  By folding, stitching and putting together simple constructive elements like paper, card and thread in a short space of time you will end up holding in your hands... very special 'Memories'.

  Registrants can work along with Anna, watch the live session, or just watch the videos later.

  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.

  website: www.anna-yevtukh.com

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

  Facebook: Anna Yevtukh-Squire Handmade Books

  
  

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  
  

  Location: ONLINE using Zoom

  Dates: Saturday, May 31, 2025

  Hours: 10:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

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

  Prerequisite: none

  Maximum Enrollment: 20

  Registration closes Weds, May 21, 2025, 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.

  TOOLS

  • cutting board
  • craft knife
  • bonefolder
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • needle
  • awl
  • PVA glue and small brush 

  MATERIALS

  • 1 x A3 double sided card, 200-250gsm Size: 29.7 x 41cm - you can decorate it yourself by painting, printing, stamping, etc.
  • SMALL PAGES: 24 pieces of coloured paper, 100-130gsm Size: 12 x 3.8cm, short grain
  • LARGE PAGES: Plain coloured card, 130-160gsm, Sizes: 2 pieces 14 x 14cm and 2 pieces 7 x 14cm
  • POCKETS - DOUBLE SIDED: Decorative card size, 130-160gsm Sizes: 17 x 23cm, short grain, and other piece 6 x 18cm, short grain
  • WRAPPER/FASTENER: Plain coloured card, 130-160gsm, 2 x 21, short grain
  • 2 buttons, 1cm diameter maximum
  • Coloured waxed linen thread 1.5m (thread does not need to be pre-waxed)

  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

  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.

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• Repair & Restoration Part 1 - In Person - 2025WKSP-06-06

  • Start
    06 Jun 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    15 Jun 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Newlove Bindery, Toronto
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    3

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  IN PERSON: Repair & Restoration Part 1: Cloth Bindings with Rose Newlove

   

  Part 1 of the Repair and Restoration workshop will focus on 19th and 20th century cloth case bindings: how to identify them, what problems they develop, and how to repair and restore them. 

   

  Participants must bring their own materials to work on - in particular a cloth-bound book.

   

  Participants will be contacted prior to the workshop to ensure that the materials they are planning to bring to work on will be appropriate. 

   

  Repair and Restoration parts 1 & 2 are core courses required for the CBBAG Certificate.

   

  Rose Newlove is a graduate of the Fleming College conservation program and works as a book and paper conservator in Toronto. She has studied bookbinding at CBBAG with Don Taylor and Betsy Palmer Eldridge and at the American Academy of Bookbinding with Don Etherington.

   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  Location:  Newlove Bindery, Toronto (Runnymede Subway Station)*

  Length of workshop: 6 Days, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays

  Dates: June 6, 7 & 8 and June 13, 14, & 15, 2025

  Hours: 10 am – 5 pm

  Course fee: $600 members / $660 non-members / $510 full time student members

  Materials fee: included in the course fee

  Prerequisite: BB2, or permission of the instructor

  Maximum Enrollment: 4 Participants

   

  Registration closes Friday, May 23, 2025

   

  Notes:

  * Specific address of workshop will be supplied to registrants.  

   

  The full-time student rate is for CBBAG student members who are also full-time students at a secondary or post-secondary education institution in Canada. Proof of student status may be requested by the CBBAG registrar.

   

  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. Membership fees included in the non-member fee above are not refundable.

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• Italian Ledger Binding - Online - 2025WKSP-07-06

  • When
    06 Jul 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    16

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  ONLINE: Italian Ledger Binding with Anna Yevtukh

  Dating back to 13th-17th centuries, Ledger books were account books with records of debtors and creditors in Medieval Italy and Spain.

  During this workshop we will re-create a model of this medieval book which can be equally useful now-a-days as a journal or sketchbook.

  There might be some homework between sessions. Registrants can work along with Anna, watch the live session, or just watch the videos later.

  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.

  Website: www.anna-yevtukh.com

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

  Facebook: Anna Yevtukh-Squire Handmade Books

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  
  

  Location: ONLINE using Zoom

  Dates: 2 sessions: Sunday July 6 + Friday July 11, 2025
  

  Hours: 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

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

  Prerequisite: none, but CBBAG suggests that students will little leather-working experience should order the materials kit

  Maximum Enrollment: 20

  Registration closes Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 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.

  Anna is willing to provide materials kits to interested registrants. Cost will be £20 for the kit + £14 for the postage.

  Once registered, participants will be given Anna’s email and payment will be made directly to Anna through PAYPAL or a link on her website.

  For registrants who want to order the kit, CBBAG strongly suggests registering prior to Friday, June 6, 2025, to ensure the materials kit is received in time from the UK. 

  If you don’t want to purchase the materials kit, please have the following ready to go for the workshop:

  MATERIALS

  • Paper 110-120gsm, 35 sheets of A5 ( 21 x 14.8cm), short grain 
  • Leather (0.8-1mm sturdy), parchment, or painted tyvek for the cover, 30 x 15.2cm
  • Strip of sturdy leather (0.6mm thickness) or thick watercolour paper, 2.5 x 15.2cm
  • 4 sturdy leather (0.6mm thickness) or parchment strips, 1.5 x 12.5cm
  • Strip of sturdy leather (0.6mm thickness) or parchment for fastening, 0.3 x 13cm
  • Strip of sturdy leather (0.6mm thickness) or parchment for a button, 1.5 x 20cm
  • Thick waxed thread or thin leather cord for stitching, approx. 6-7meters
  • PVA glue/brush

  TOOLS

  • cutting board
  • craft knife
  • bone folder
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • needle
  • awl
  • PVA glue and small brush 

   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

  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.

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• Deluxe “Moleskine” Style Journal - In Person - 2025WKSP-07-20

  • When
    20 Jul 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Don Taylor Bindery, Toronto
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    0

  Registration is closed

  

  IN PERSON: Deluxe “Moleskine” Style Journal with Don Taylor

  Join us for a one-day workshop to make your own Journal! The journal will have a leather cover, a snappy elastic closure, and a useful gusseted back pocket just like a Moleskine!
  
  The text block will be made of Tomoe River paper - perfect for heavy ink uses like sketching and calligraphy and will have almost 200 pages for all your big thoughts!
  
  Great class for beginners or intermediate binders who want to get some more bench practice!
  
  Don Taylor is a bookbinder and restorer who works and teaches in Toronto. He has taught for CBBAG since 1984. He was trained in bookbinding and design at Sheridan College and the Three Schools of Art and has studied with Betsy Palmer Eldridge. His work is exhibited widely and is represented in public and private collections across Canada, and he can be found at http://www.dontaylorbookbinder.com/
  
  WORKSHOP DETAILS:
  Location: Don Taylor Bindery, 222 Islington Ave, Unit 224, Toronto ON M8V 3W7
  Date: Sunday, July 20, 2025
  Hours: 10 am – 5 pm
  Course fee: $95 members/non-members
  Materials fee: $35 payable to the instructor
  Prerequisite: none
  MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 6 Participants
  Registration closes Tuesday, July 15, 11:59 PM

  Notes:
  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.
  
  

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• Bookbinding 1 Intensive – In Person - 2025WKSP-08-17

  • Start
    17 Aug 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    22 Aug 2025
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • Location
    Helander Bindery, Caledon East, Ontario
  • Spaces left
    0

  Registration is closed

  

  
  

  IN PERSON: Bookbinding 1 with Barbara Helander

   

  This workshop is an introduction to the craft of bookbinding. During six days. Participants will receive instruction on how to use a variety of tools and will learn about bookbinding materials in general.

   

  The workshop starts with the making of a few simple pamphlet structures and culminates with the binding of two case-bound, flat-back books. The workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and skills they need to explore bookbinding independently or pursue further education in the field. 

   

  This workshop is the first of the CBBAG core curriculum workshops and is a prerequisite for many other workshops.

   

  Over the course of her 35-year career, Barbara Helander earned two degrees (B. Ed., M.Sc.- Clothing & Textiles); worked in apparel manufacturing; and. was a professor of textiles at Seneca College. Barb worked her way through the core CBBAG courses and earned her certificate in 2010. She is a core curriculum instructor for CBBAG, and a mentor for Home Study. Recently Barb has been part of the team that transformed BB1 for virtual learning. Her website can be found here: https://bookartsbarb.com

   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

   

  Location: IN PERSON Helander Bindery, Caledon East, ON (see notes)

  Date: Sunday-Friday, Aug 17-22, 2025

  Hours: 9 – 4:30 PM with 1.5-hour lunch break

  Course fee: $630 members / $485 student members / $690 non-members

  Materials: $70 payable to instructor

  Prerequisite: None

  Maximum enrollment: 6 Students

  
  

  Registration closes: Mon July 28, 2025, 11:59 PM

   

  Notes:

   

  * Specific address of workshop to be supplied to registrants. Caledon East is located about 20 minutes’ drive north of Brampton ON and not accessible by public transportation. The studio space is in a basement, so participants will need to be able to navigate stairs.  The mid-day break will be 1.5 hours.  Since there are no restaurants within walking distance, participants should expect to bring a lunch, and will have access to a refrigerator and a microwave.

   

  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.

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• ONLINE Bookbinding 1: Home Study - Guided Stream - Cohort 11

  • When
    08 Sep 2025
  • Location
    Online using Zoom and Thinkific
  • Spaces left
    9

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  ONLINE Bookbinding 1: Home Study - Guided Stream

  The purpose of the Home Study- Guided Stream programme is to make bookbinding education available to CBBAG members who cannot take advantage of in-person workshops.

  Mentor:  Barbara Helander

  Location: ONLINE using the Thinkific platform and Zoom

  Online workshop access starts: September 8, 2025
  

  Duration: 8 months September  2025 - May 2026
  

  Course fee: $700 members / $760 non-members (incl. one-yr CBBAG membership)

  Additional postage costs not included in course fee:

  • Mailing of workshop material kits from Ontario, invoiced and payable following registration Kits will be mailed in time to be received prior to the first zoom meeting.
  • Mailing three projects for critiques to and return postage from Ontario payable directly to the mentor

  Prerequisite: none

  MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 10 students

  Registration closes June 23, 2025, 11:59 PM
  

  Prior to registration, all interested participants must read this pdf which details the guidelines and expectations of the Guided Stream of the Home Study Programme. Registration for the workshop functions a formal agreement to these guidelines, whether or not they have been read.

  Bookbinding 1 is the first workshop in CBBAG’s core curriculum and introduces the variety of tools, materials, sewings, and constructions fundamental to hand bookbinding.

  Using the Thinkific online teaching platform, the workshop is a series of lecture-style videos, direct demonstration videos, and how-to pdfs housed into modules. The workshop will start with the making of a simple pamphlet and proceed to the binding of two hard cover books.

  Using an online platform allows Mentors to have easy interaction with participants and allows participants to connect and support each other by encouraging discussion, questions and sharing of ideas. There will be a total of 4 Zoom meetings, during which the Mentor will lead a review of the group's project submissions, discuss challenges, and answer questions, emulating the in-person workshop more closely.

  CBBAG will be providing a project materials kit to registrants as part of the workshop fee (postage will be extra).

  The Guided Stream has requires participants to submit their completed projects by postal mail to their Mentor and this online environment allows for better feedback with live Zoom meetings to review submissions and for the whole group to learn together, mimicking the in-person workshop more closely. In total, participants will work through more than 15 individual projects, with 3 sets of submissions spanning 8 months with new modules opening up every 7-8 weeks. Participants are responsible for postage for all the submissions, to and return and is payable to the mentor directly.

  The online, 24/7 delivery of the workshop is designed for an independent type of learner who needs a flexible schedule for learning and is unlikely to be able to attend an in-person workshop.

  Successful completion of Bookbinding 1 in the Guided Stream qualifies participants to take in-person workshops that require Bookbinding 1 as a prerequisite.

  Barbara Helander holds two degrees (B.Ed., M.Sc.) and her major in both was Clothing & Textiles. Her professional career spanned over 35 years where she worked not only in apparel manufacturing but also as a professor of textiles at Seneca College.  Over the years, Barbara has been nurturing a small keepsake business that involved the creation of one-of-a-kind books; but now that she has formally retired, she can finally take bookbinding and the book arts off the back burner!  Barb has worked her way through the core CBBAG courses and was pleased to earn her certificate in the spring of 2010.  Barbara is one of the core curriculum instructors for CBBAG - she teaches BB1 which is the introduction to the fundamentals of the craft. She is also a mentor for CBBAG Home Study.  

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• Repair & Restoration Part 2 - In Person - 2025WKSP-09-12

  • Start
    12 Sep 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    20 Sep 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Newlove Bindery, Toronto
  • Spaces left
    4

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  IN PERSON: Repair & Restoration Part 2: Leather Bindings with Rose Newlove

   

  Part 2 of the Repair and Restoration workshop will focus on leather bindings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, the deterioration problems they develop, and the various techniques currently used to repair them. 

   

  Participants must have completed part 1 of Repair and Restoration before enrolling in part 2.

   

  Participants must bring their own materials to work on - in particular a leather-bound book.

   

  Participants will be contacted prior to the workshop to ensure that the materials they are planning to bring to work on will be appropriate. 

   

  Repair and Restoration parts 1 & 2 are core courses required for the CBBAG Certificate.

   

  Rose Newlove is a graduate of the Fleming College conservation program and works as a book and paper conservator in Toronto. She has studied bookbinding at CBBAG with Don Taylor and Betsy Palmer Eldridge and at the American Academy of Bookbinding with Don Etherington.

   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  Location:  Newlove Bindery, Toronto (Runnymede Subway Station)*

  Length of workshop: 5 Days, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays

  Dates: Sept 12, 13 & 14 and Sept 19, 20, 2025

  Hours: 10 am – 5 pm

  Course fee: $525 members / $585 non-members / $450 full time student members

  Materials fee: included in the course fee

  Prerequisite: BB2 and Part 1 of Repair & Restoration, or permission of the instructor

  Maximum Enrollment: 4 Participants

   

  Registration closes Friday, Aug 29, 2025

  
  

  Notes:

  * Specific address of workshop will be supplied to registrants.  

   

  The full-time student rate is for CBBAG student members who are also full-time students at a secondary or post-secondary education institution in Canada. Proof of student status may be requested by the CBBAG registrar.

   

  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. Membership fees included in the non-member fee above are not refundable.

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• BOOKBINDING 2 - In Person - 2025WKSP-09-20

  • Start
    20 Sep 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    05 Oct 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Don Taylor Bindery, Toronto
  • Spaces left
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  IN PERSON: Bookbinding 2 with Don Taylor
  
  This six-day workshop introduces intermediate techniques necessary for traditional binding structures, such as rounding and backing, sewn end bands, recessed cord sewing, the hollow tube, simple edge treatments and visible/invisible hinge hooked endpapers. Two models will be made one with a German case and the other with a Bradel board attachment.
  
  This is one of the core courses required for the CBBAG Certificate and is a prerequisite for Bookbinding 3 and is a good opportunity to build on BB1 skills and progress in practice of bookbinding by hand.
  
  Don Taylor is a bookbinder and restorer who works and teaches in Toronto. He has taught for CBBAG since 1984. He was trained in bookbinding and design at Sheridan College and the Three Schools of Art and has studied with Betsy Palmer Eldridge. His work is exhibited widely and is represented in public and private collections across Canada and he can be found at http://www.dontaylorbookbinder.com/
  
  
  WORKSHOP DETAILS:
  Location: Don Taylor Bindery, 222 Islington Ave, Unit 224, Toronto ON M8V 3W7
  Dates: 3 weekends - Sat-Sun Sept 20-21, Sat-Sun Sept 27-28, Sat-Sun Oct 4-5, 2025
  Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  Course fee: $630 members / $485 student members / $690 non-members
  Materials fee: $50 materials payable to the instructor
  Prerequisite: BB1 or permission of the instructor
  Maximum Enrolment: 5 participants
  Registration closes Tuesday, Sept 2, 2025, 11:59 PM EST
  
  Notes:
  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.
  

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• Creativity Booster Workshop - Online - 2025WKSP-09-21

  • When
    21 Sep 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    20

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  ONLINE: Creativity Booster Workshop with Anna Yevtukh

  In this course as you will be encouraged to think, experiment, come up with variations on pop-ups and origami folds and invent your own piece of art.

  We will learn the basics and then you will put these basics together in your own way creating something new and unique.

  You will have plenty of ideas to explore weeks after the course to keep yourself busy and creative!

  Registrants can work along with Anna, watch the live session, or just watch the videos later.

  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 Sept 21, 2025

  Hours: 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

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

  Prerequisite: none

  Maximum Enrollment: 20

  Registration closes Weds, Aug 10, 2025, 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

  • Coloured or plain white/black cardstock, 50 sheets 160gsm, A5 size: 14.8 x 21cm  - Anna suggests a range of colours for example: 10 white, 10 black, 10 yellow, 10 red, 10 blue as an example.
  • PVA glue

  TOOLS
  

  • cutting mat
  • craft knife
  • bonefolder
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • ruler
  • pva brush

  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

  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.

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• Triptych Shrine Book - Online - 2025WKSP-11-02

  • When
    02 Nov 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    19

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  ONLINE: Triptych Shrine Book with Anna Yevtukh

  A Shrine is a niche or case in which the spirit of someone special is kept.

  Join us for a fun and interactive creative bookbinding workshop where you'll learn how to make your own Triptych Shrine Book.

  There might be some homework between sessions. Registrants can work along with Anna, watch the live session, or just watch the videos later.

  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: 2 sessions: Sundays November 2 and 9, 2025

  Hours: 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

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

  Prerequisite: none

  Maximum Enrollment: 20

  Registration closes Weds, October 22, 2025, 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

  • Greyboard: 3 pieces of 1mm thickness, size: 21 x 29.7cm
  • Greyboard: 2 pieces of 1.5-2mm thickness (spines), size: 13 x 2 cm
  • Bookcloth: 2 pieces sized: 15 x 5cm
  • Bookcloth: 2 pieces sized: 12.5 x 4.5cm
  • Cartridge Paper: 120-130gsm 28 pieces of A5 Size:21 x 14.8cm; folded in half long way (folded 21 x 7.4cm), 120-130gsm (Note any text paper that is 120-130 gsm will work)
  • Thin card: 4 pieces of A5 coloured (wrappers for the sections), 21 x 14.8cm, folded in half long way, 140-160gsm
  • Waxed Linen thread, coloured, 2meters
  • Miniature door handles: 2, 1cm height, photos show brass
  • Decorative Paper A: 2 pieces of A4 Size: 21 x 29.7 cm (Japanese chiyogami or handmade paper from Nepal would be preferred), *main colour*
  • Decorative Paper B: Choose the same type of decorative paper (chiyogami for example), but in a different & complementary colour. 2 pieces of A4 Size: 21 x 29.7 cm and 1 piece at A5 Size: 14.8 x 21 cm
  • PVA glue and brush

  TOOLS

  • cutting mat
  • craft knife
  • bonefolder
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • ruler
  • awl
  • PVA glue brush

  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

  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.

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• Non-adhesive Bindings - Online - WKSP2025-11-04

  • When
    04 Nov 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Spaces left
    18

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  ONLINE: Non-adhesive Bindings with Erin Fletcher

   

  Non-Adhesive refers to a broad category of bookbinding where the spine of the book is left adhesive free. In many of these structures the sewing is left exposed, creating both support for the text block and a unique decorative spine.

   

  While there is a myriad of non-adhesive bindings, in this workshop students will explore just three of these sewing patterns: Link Stitch, Long Stitch and Historical Long Stitch.

   

  Learning these sewing patterns, which stem from historical structures, will give students the foundation and knowledge to further explore non-adhesive bindings on their own. 

   

  Erin Fletcher is the owner of Herringbone Bindery, where she crafts one-of-a-kind fine bindings and small editions for various clients and institutions. Her work is regularly exhibited throughout the US and abroad. Her work is collected by The Grolier Club, Boston Athenaeum and UCLA along with several private collectors. She first discovered a love for bookbinding while studying at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This experience brought her to study bookbinding at the North Bennet Street School in Boston where she graduated in 2012. She regularly teaches book arts workshops online and at venues throughout the US. https://www.herringbonebindery.com/

   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  Location: ONLINE using Zoom

  Dates: Tues and Thurs, November 4 & 6, 2025

  Hours: 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

  Course fee: $180 members / $240 non-members

  Prerequisite: none

  Maximum Enrollment: 20

  Registration closes Friday Oct 17, 2025, 11:59 PM EST

   

  This is a live workshop, but it will be recorded, and links will be made available for the registrants to view until available until Jan 25, 2024. The link for session one will be posted on Weds AM and sent to participants that day.

   

  Tools:

  Required:

  • Bone Folder
  • Craft knife
  • Cutting Mat
  • Glue brush (small to medium)
  • Japanese Screw Punch
  • Pencil
  • Pin vise or Awl
  • PVA
  • Needles – No. 18 sharp
  • Ruler with metric
  • Scissors
  • Waste paper

  Optional:

  • Dividers
  • Punching Cradle
    

  Materials Required:

  Unless noted, all materials are grain direction parallel to the spine. Dimensions below are (height) x (width).

   

  Creating the Text Blocks:

  For assemble the text blocks, I would first cut down the folios to the oversized dimension of 160mm x 240mm. Each signature will have 6 folios. Fold all 6 folios in half at the same time. If you can, press the signatures or put under weight for a few hours or overnight.

   

  You can either trim the signatures down by hand or with a board shear/guillotine. Trim each signature one at a time. I like to trim a few millimeters (about 2mm) from the tail edge of each signature first. Then I will set the height on my board shear to 155mm and trim all the head edges (one signature at a time). Finally, I set the width to 115mm and trim the fore edge flush (one signature at a time).

   

  Trimming in this way cleans up all of the edges and creates a square text block.

   

  General Materials:

   

  Thread:

  18/3 dyed thread

   

  20pt. Museum Board or cardstock:

  2 pieces – punching jig – 165mm x 50mm

   

  Link Stitch:

  Mohawk:

  8 signatures, 6 folios – final dimensions: 155mm x 115mm (folded dimension, see note above about preparing signatures)

   

  Canson or something similar (160gsm – 270gsm):

  2 pieces – covers – 155mm x 260mm

   

  Long Stitch:

  Mohawk:

  8 signatures, 6 folios – final dimensions: 155mm x 115mm (folded dimension, see note above about preparing signatures)

   

  Canson or something similar (160gsm – 270gsm):

  1 piece – cover – 155mm x 370mm

   

  Historical Long Stitch:

  Mohawk:

  8 signatures, 6 folios – final dimensions: 155mm x 115mm (folded dimension, see note above about preparing signatures)

   

  St. Armand, Cave Paper or something similar (270gsm – 320gsm):

  1 piece – cover – 155mm x 370mm

   

  Vellum/Goatskin Laminate*:

  1 piece – spine piece – 155mm x 25mm

   

  To make the spine piece, you’ll need two pieces of vellum and one piece of goatskin or other leather. Start with oversized pieces (about 165 x 35mm). Using PVA, laminate the three layers together with the leather sandwiched in the middle. Keep the spine piece underweight for a few hours or overnight. Once dry, trim a short and long end to create a square edge. Then trim down to the final height and width noted above.

   

  *If you don’t have scraps of vellum and goatskin, you can make a spine piece out of wood, metal or cover binder’s board in decorative paper.

   

  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

  
  

  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.

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• Book Talk: Form and Content - ONLINE - WKSP2025-11-05

  • When
    05 Nov 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

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  ONLINE BOOK TALK: Form and Content with Stephanie Wolff

  The underlying structure of an artist book, along with the ideas, methods, and materials of its conception, can be hidden from a viewer.

  Stephanie will discuss the integration of form and content in her artist books — sharing details of specific structures, material choices, methods of construction, as well as the challenges in their production.

  Tips about tools, materials, and research sources will also be shared. 

  Stephanie Wolff works with paper, text, textile, and the book form, often on themes of weather, science, history, and rural life. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S. and Germany and is in many collections, public and private. She has been awarded a creative research fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society and was Artist-in-Residence at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts. Stephanie’s years as a book conservator provided her with knowledge in the history, construction, and repair of a wide range of library materials. She enjoys teaching to share her knowledge from bookbinding, conservation, and fine arts. @stephaniewolffstudio or www.stephaniewolffstudio.com   

  WORKSHOP DETAILS:

  Location: ONLINE using Zoom

  Dates: Wednesday, Nov 5, 2025

  Hours: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. (EASTERN TIME)

  Course fee: $0 members / $60 non-members

  Prerequisite: none

  Registration closes Friday, Oct 31, 2025, 11:59 PM EST

  Stephanie’s talk will be recorded and will be shared with registrants after the talk for 31 days.

  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

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