Learning how to carve Shona sculptures

Shona sculptures are famous Zimbabwean art pieces. So, we signed the kids up for lessons to make their own. It was definitely harder than we thought trying to carve away the rock with a nail and hammer and will take multiple days, but it was fun. Grant decided to carve a giraffe and Gigi choose a lion. Their teachers were kind enough to draw an outline for them after they chose their rock…

sculpture1Grant’s rock pre-carving…

sculpture2Learning from a master…

sculpture3sculpture4sculpture5The end of today’s progress by Grant…

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