Wooden Cover Books

Wooden Cover Books

Adult Multi-Week | This class has been canceled

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Woodshop

Beginner

9/23/2019-10/28/2019

6:00 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Mon

$170.00

$153.00

$25.00

$50.00

Make three unique, blank books and develop skills in both bookbinding and woodworking. We’ll focus on coptic binding as well as wooden and hard covers. Bringing skills and techniques from other mediums is much encouraged in this interdisciplinary bookbinding course.

  • All materials are provided.
Levenson, Nava

Nava Levenson is a non-binary farmer, builder, organizer and collaborator based in Richmond, VA. Rooted in ritual and collection, their practice investigates domesticity, objecthood and relationship to land. You can catch them building chicken coops, building woods altars, digging in the dirt, trading veggies, teaching small people to use big tools, and organizing for food justice projects around Richmond's east end. Nava has been a resident at Elsewhere Museum (Greensboro, NC) and Torpedo Factory Art Center (Alexandria, VA). They are the recipient of a CVPA Research Grant and the 2017 David Diller Outstanding Student in Studio Art Award at James Madison University where they received her BFA in Sculpture.