What are Shona sculptures?
Shona sculpture is the name given to a modern movement of stone carved sculpture created in Zimbabwe. It gets its name from the ‘Shona’ tribe of people (actually a mixture of many similar tribes with closely related language and culture) who are the largest in Zimbabwe.
Which type of stone is used to make sculptures in Zimbabwe?
Springstone
Springstone. ‘Springstone’ is the type of Zimbabwean serpentine that the sculptors use most frequently. The best-known springstone mines are in the Mvurwi area of northern Zimbabwe.
What stone is used for sculpture?
Humans use and used stones such as marble, alabaster, limestone, and granite — to name a few — to create impressive sculptural works.
What are the types of sculpture?
There are four main types of classical sculpture, defined by the materials an artist chooses to use. The four traditional materials for created a sculpture were stone carving, bronze casting, wood carving, or clay firing.
Is there Opal in Zimbabwe?
Opal Stone (Golden) Found in Domboshawa, Zimbabwe, a fairly hard stone, best to keep indoors as it marks easily.
What is Verdite stone?
Verdite is a trade name for two green stones found in Africa. A variety of serpentinite. A variety of fuchsite.
What is the softest stone?
Talc
A stone’s Mohs rating provides a measure of its scratch resistance to other minerals. Diamond is known to be the hardest and can scratch any other stone. Talc is the softest.
What nationality is Alexander Calder?
American
Alexander Calder/Nationality
Alexander Calder, known to many as ‘Sandy’, was an American sculptor from Pennsylvania. He was the son of well-known sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and his grandfather and mother were also successful artists.
Is there a Shona art gallery in Zimbabwe?
Shona artists are masters of the bust sculpture. fabrics, wall hangings, furniture, and African Shona sculpture from Sub-Saharan Zimbabwe are just some of the art at Shona Gallery. Ask Us! Please explore our online gallery, and call or email us with your order or questions.
Where did the Shona stone sculpture come from?
Shona Sculpture from Zimbabwe is one of the main focuses of Hemingway Gallery, which was the first gallery to import the monumental stone sculpture to the United States. Brian Gaisford grew up with the Shona artists in Zimbabwe before 1975. Zimbabwe is the only African country with large amounts of carvable stone.
Are there fair trade practices in Shona art?
We have always used Fair Trade practices in our work with the Shona artists. Shona artists are masters of the bust sculpture. fabrics, wall hangings, furniture, and African Shona sculpture from Sub-Saharan Zimbabwe are just some of the art at Shona Gallery.
What kind of tools did the Shona use?
Sculpting skills are passed down through families and the large and hard stones are carved with only hammer and chisel and no modern power tools are used. Themes articulated in stone stem from several beliefs and cultures in the everyday Shona society.