| Head by Sylvester Mubayi Nyamuziwa. I am inadequate to comment on a Master piece by a world renowned artist. The sculpture speaks for itself. Sculpted in Springstone which is a very hard serpentine with high iron content and a fine texture, no cleavages, hard and firm offering a good resistance to the sculptor. Springstone has a rich outer blanket of reddish brown oxidised rock. They emerge from the quarry like sculptures created by nature millions of years ago and are often a source of inspiration to the artist. There are a few mines where this stone is found, but Guruve, in the north, is where springstone is mined. A beautiful dark stone, it polishes to a high shine because of it’s density. As with most other stones that are mined for the purpose of sculpting, this stone is mined by hand on communal lands. Springstone Moh’s hardness is 7-8. |
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