Zimbabwe: Roadside 'Studios' Hold Their Own

6 December 2012

Zimbabwe has an old and historic tradition of art and sculpture, right from the Zimbabwe Birds of Great Zimbabwe to present time, the people have kept the tradition alive with innovation and hard work.

Traditionally, the medium of sculpture has been stone, as per Wikipedia, one is always aware of the stone's contribution in the finished sculpture and it is indeed fortunate that in Zimbabwe a magnificent range of stones are available from which to choose: hard black springstone, richly coloured serpentine and soapstone, firm grey limestone and semi-precious verdite and lepidolite.

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