UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:

ONLINE WORKSHOP

The Girdle Book with Anna Yevtukh

4 Sundays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2026

March 1: 10:30 AM – 12:45 PM (EST) 
March 8, 15, & 22: 11:30 AM – 1:45 PM (EDT) 

Learn how to create the quirky Medieval Girdle Book with all its traditional features.

This course will be packed with interesting information and practical knowledge. It's designed for anyone interested in the medieval history from bookbinding point of view and will require some usual professional bookbinding equipment like sewing frame and finishing press. Work-arounds will be offered explaining what you can use instead if you don’t have a sewing frame or finishing press.

Girdle Books were small portable books worn by medieval European monks and aristocrats as a popular accessory between the 13th and 16th century in a narrow area from Netherlands to the Upper Rhine Valley.

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ONLINE WORKSHOP

Bookbinding 1 - Home Study Guided Stream with Barbara Helander

November 2026 - July 2027

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.

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