2022: A year in review

by Yvette Ja December 31, 2022

It’s the last day of the year and I usually love doing a round up of my year. This year was definitely a mixed bag and I feel as if I’ve lived an...

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It’s a Wrap!

by Yvette Ja December 10, 2022

This week I was at St Mary’s Heritage Centre teaching a Japanese Gift Wrapping course, where we pleated, wrapped, folded and basically got a bit fa...

Posted in book art, culture northumberland, diversity, Japanese wrapping, lockdown craft, mixed race artist, paper art, paper artist, saturday workshop

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Making Books with Calligraphers

by Yvette Ja October 23, 2022

I’ve been teaching coptic books with a group of calligraphers in South Shields for the last month. Here’s some of the fantastic results! Keep ...

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Northumberland Cultural Co-Working Day

by Yvette Ja June 17, 2022

I’m really looking forward to being part of The BIG Culture Northumberland Co-working day on Wed 22 June. If you are a creative freelancer or ha...

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A-Z of Bookbinding: A is for Awl

by Yvette Ja February 17, 2022

A-Z of BookbindingFlexing my drawing muscles and have chosen to draw all my tools and techniques in bookbinding with an A-Z list.A is for Awl. This...

Posted in book, book art, bookbinding, books, facebook, instagram, name, paper art, paper artist, small business, tools

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How I Diversified my Income in a Global Pandemic

by Yvette Ja January 27, 2022

How I Diversified my Income in a Global Pandemic

This is the story of how I, a freelance creative, switched up everything I was doing to diversify my income to survive the pandemic. What was I doi...

Posted in book art, bookbinding, books, COMMISSION, covid-19, culture northumberland, diversity, facebook, global pandemic, instagram, marketing, mixed race artist, paper art, paper artist, small business

Sashiko Books

by Yvette Ja January 14, 2022

Sashiko Books made by students

Posted in paper art, paper artist, sashiko

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Filling the Library Shelves

by Yvette Ja August 30, 2021

I’ve spent much of this year burrowing away on a book art commission for 17nineteen a new cultural space in Sunderland. I have been commissioned...

Posted in 17nineteen, book art, bookbinding, books, mixed race artist, paper art, paper artist, sunderland

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Hello 2021 - Make Books!!

by Yvette Ja February 7, 2021

Hello New Year. I mean yes it’s February and I’m wholly behind on any New Yeary. But it hasn’t been a normal year and life has definitely thrown us...