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Grid of 24 small images of two round, miniature books with patterned covers, both fastened with a leather strap and button.
Close-up of a grid of 16 small images of two round, miniature books with patterned covers, both fastened with a leather strap and button.

Make a book! Make a book!

A miniature creation so small, it fits in the palm of your hand.

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Cute as a Button Book workshop

One day only – Sunday, May 10, 2026 – Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild hosts the Cute as a Button Book workshop, facilitated by book artist Anna Yevtukh. Learn how to create your own miniature book (5 cm diameter) that’s as cute as a button.

Join them for a fun & crafty workshop!

The workshop takes place online via Zoom, with a maximum of 25 participants. No prerequisite training is needed.

Workshop materials should be prepared in advance according to specifications – this will allow participants to take the best advantage of the live format. Please review the technical requirements below prior to registration to ensure you can participate. Questions should be directed to workshop@cbbag.ca.

Materials you’ll need
  • 3 pieces of paper 120-130 gsm (grams per square metre) sized 21 x 29.8 cm, white or coloured, long grain
  • 2 pieces of coloured card 160 gsm, 11 x 6 cm, short grain
  • 2 pieces of greyboard (heavy duty cardboard used in bookbinding), 1.5 mm thick, 11 x 6 cm
  • 1 piece of handmade decorative paper from India, Nepal or Japan, sized to 10.5 x 14.8 cm
  • Cotton ribbon or leather (0.8mm thick), 20 x 1 cm
  • Button 1.5 cm diameter
  • Thick waxed linen thread (coloured, ideally), 60 cm (18/3 would be good)
  • PVA glue, brush and wastepaper such as a glossy magazine
Tools you’ll need
  • Cutting mat
  • Craft knife
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Awl/bodkin (sharp, pointed hand tool used for piercing)
  • Needle
  • Bone folder (dull-edged hand tool used in bookbinding to create creases or for scoring)
  • Scissors
Technical requirements for participation
  • Access to the internet and the Zoom application
  • Screen large enough to follow instructor’s video feed (cellphone is not ideal)
  • Microphone or headset and webcam
  • How to join a Zoom meeting: Information here

This is a live workshop, but it will be recorded. Instructor 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.

About instructor Anna Yevtukh

Ukrainian book artist Anna Yevtukh is a member of the Society of Bookbinders, Designer Bookbinders and the local Guild of Designer Craftsmen. She studied art and bookbinding in Ukraine and has been utilizing these skills to build her handmade books since 1998. 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 philosophy of bookbinding allows her to create pieces of book art that are not only constructed with passion, flare and to the highest quality, but completely unique and personal. Based in the UK since June 2006, she’s conducted various bookbinding, book arts, and book conservation workshops and courses across the country and has been teaching online for the last four years. She was a bookbinding tutor at Malvern School of Art from 2011 until 2021.

About Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG)

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG – pronounced “cabbage”) is a volunteer-run organization founded in 1983 to create a national directory of Canadian book artists, including bookbinders, papermakers, paper decorators, book restorers and paper conservators, both amateur and professional. CBBAG fosters cooperation and kinship among book arts workers, provides access to book arts education and promotes public awareness of the book arts through exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and publications. Originally centred in Toronto, CBBAG currently has seven active regional chapters across Canada. You can read more about their history here.

Two overlapping images of two round, miniature books with patterned covers, both fastened with a leather strap and button. The top, larger image shows one book leaning against the other. The bottom, smaller image shows the book on the left open, with the other closed beside it.

(Photo credits: Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG).)

 

Event details

Hosted by: Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild

Type of event: bookmaking workshop

Instructor: Anna Yevtukh 

Date: Sunday, May 10, 2026 (registration closes Tuesday, May 5 at 11:59 PM ET)

Start time: 10:30 AM ET

Duration: 2 hours (non-recurring event)

Number of sessions: 1

Cost:

  • Members: C$65.00
  • Non-members: C$125.00

Location: Online via Zoom

Booking link: Book your spot here. Registration closes Tuesday, May 5 at 11:59 PM ET.

Contact details: Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, 82809-467 Parliament Street, Toronto, ON, M5A 3Y2, Canada; workshop@cbbag.ca, cbbag.ca

 

Refund policy: Participant-requested cancellations will be accepted up to three days prior to the published cut-off date for registration and will be subject to a 10% cancellation fee (a minimum of C$5.00). 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.