Sculptures Botswana raises the bar
Friday, October 16, 2015
An exquisite sculpture of President Ian Khama
The three, who have formalised their collaboration by establishing Sculptures Botswana, have set their sights on offering services of creating statues and sculptures of icons or heroes as well as take requests. Sculptures Botswana comprises of three artists from Modipane village, namely Shango Sibasa, Keemenao Sibasa, and Maina Sibasa. Husband and wife, Shango and Keemenao together with Shango’s brother have taken a challenge to be some of the leading artists in the craft of creating statues and sculptures.
The trio, with different artistic skills, has already produced an exquisite sculpture of President Ian Khama. Looking at the sculpture one cannot help but notice that the creators of the piece paid particular attention to detail, and put a lot of thought into the artwork.
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