Tuesday 9 April 2013

My Beautiful Hair

Today's Featured Sculpture

My Beautiful Hair by Jonathan Fosirai Mhondorohuma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Ref No: 1006
Title: My Beautiful Hair
Sculptor: Jonathan Fosirai Mhondorohuma
Medium: Springstone
Dimentions: 80x30x43
Weight: 89Kgs

Sculptor Information   


Jonathan was born in Mvurwi, Zimbabwe.  He completed his primary school and part of his secondary school at the Holy Rosary. Unfortunately, due to a lack of financial support, he was unable to complete his education. 

As a means of earning an income and supporting himself, Jonathan began carving from stone. Initially Jonathan concentrated on reproducible carvings.  However, he was fortunate enough to be introduced to the late world renowned Joseph Ndandarika who offered him the opportunity to work as his apprentice. This was a golden opportunity for Jonathan to learn how to sculpt original works of art in stone using a variety of hard rock.

Jonathan is a third generation artist who in the last few years has produced some outstanding works of art. His work contains rounded lines and the subject matter pertains to the observation of people in everyday life situations. He is able to speak of human experiences and therefore his sculpture has a universal appeal that many can relate to.

Jonathan works mainly from Springstone, a hard variety of Serpentine with a high iron content. He also favours Opal stone and a cream variety of Serpentine.

A fine young artist whose work is becoming increasingly popular.




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