“They are bent over; they could be hoeing or sowing seeds.”
The bent-over shape of someone working the land. Tonderai has captured the rural labourer in abstract form.
Tonderai has established a reputation for astonishingly delicate and intricate work that is also very clean and simple. This is a fantastic small- to medium-sized sculpture (depending on your space!). It would be great for a central position as it is interesting from every angle.
Springstone is the local Zimbabwean name for a hard variety of black serpentine stone. It comes from a geological formation known as the Great Dyke, in northern Zimbabwe. It is rich in serpentine stone, and also iron and various other minerals such as chromium.
