Host and Guest (Vazha-Pshavela) – Handwritten Book (2009)

The modern Georgian manuscript, based on Vazha-Pshavela poem – Host and Guest, was created by Levan Chaganava in 2009 with the assistance of Ketevan Kavazauri.

Characteristics of the handwritten book:

The manuscript is made in the classical style of Georgian calligraphy.

32 pages. Size: A4 (21 x 29.7 cm). Ink, tempera, paraffin processed paper.

The book is not bound, due to the possibility of displaying the pages in picture frames at art exhibitions.

Original Manuscript

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Handwritten Book Creating Process. Vazha-Pshavela Poem.

Georgian Calligraphy (Manuscript Creation: Host and Guest)
Original music by Levan Chaganava (composition: “WhitePx”)

Prepared as:

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Copies of handwritten book printed individually, hand-bound, with original paintings on the covers of each book.

Cover art by Lasha Kintsurashvili, an icon painter and naive movement artist.

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