Alina
Co-founder, coordinator
Meet Alina, ARBOR's co-founder and heart 🪵 If ARBOR's instructors teach woodworking, Alina is the person around whom the whole workshop came together.
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About
ARBOR opened in Batumi on November 1, 2025, founded together by Alina and Ivan. The month before opening was spent preparing the space by hand: assembling workbenches and shelving, organising tools and fitting out the studio. The first workshop welcomed eight students. Since then, the studio has been open every day and has expanded from introductory woodworking for young children to home electrics for teenagers and adults. Children complete the entire journey from idea to finished piece themselves, while the instructor guides them. Working with wood develops patience, precision and the ability to think and work with your hands at the same time.
How we grew
October 2025Fitting out the space, building furniture, gathering tools
1 November 2025Official opening, first workshop for 8 students
November 2025Minecraft-style days launch, testing formats
December 2025First passes and New Year gift kits
January–February 2026The team grows, adult groups in demand
April 2026“Roombox” and “Home electrics basics” launch, the space expands
June 2026Summer collaboration with a ceramics studio
August 2026Six instructor groups, new electrics cohorts planned for autumn
Team
Each instructor leads their own program — from preschoolers to adult groups and electrics.
Ivan
Co-founder, instructor
Meet Ivan Maksimov, ARBOR's co-founder and instructor 🪵 Ivan began woodworking as a hobby in 2018.
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Egor
Joinery for kids from 6
Meet Egor Yelkin, ARBOR's most experienced instructor 🪵 Egor is the kind of person people say has a natural gift for working with his hands.
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Olya
Roombox course
Experience in woodworking and theatrical prop making.
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Artyom
Home electrics basics
Meet Tyoma, instructor of ARBOR's Home Electrics Basics course ⚡ Tyoma is an electrician with over 10 years of experience who truly understands how electricity works…
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Evgeny Beller
Adult groups
Meet Zhenya Beller, ARBOR's new instructor 🪵 Zhenya has worked in the furniture industry for 10 years and has been woodworking since 2019.
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Eldar
Woodworking instructor for children aged 6+
Meet Eldar, an ARBOR instructor 🪵 Eldar has been familiar with woodworking since childhood and spent several years in woodcarving and joinery classes.
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Children go the whole way — from idea to finished piece — themselves; the instructor only guides.
The first class is always a trial: that is how the right format and difficulty are found.
Woodworking is not only sawing and drilling: sanding, gluing, painting and assembly build patience and precision just as well.
“Joinery is slow work, deeply meditative — and still it asks for both your hands and your head.”