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Close to the stone

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The upper face, eyes closed, framed by textured hair

Langton MusekiwaThree faces

Chiselled texture of the hair against the polished face

Langton MusekiwaThree faces

The face, eyes lowered, in polished dark stone

Langton MusekiwaGuitarist

Hands across the carved strings

Langton MusekiwaGuitarist

The oval eye cut deep into the polished face

Langton MusekiwaPod head with oval eye

The natural rind meeting the polished face and oval eye

Langton MusekiwaMask with weathered rind

The mouth, where rind and polish meet

Langton MusekiwaMask with weathered rind

Nose and lips, polished, emerging from the flat column

Langton MusekiwaTall face

The carved closed eyes and brow line

Langton MusekiwaPale face on a stem

The two faces in close view

Langton MusekiwaTwo faces

The chiselled crown, cut in short parallel strokes

Langton MusekiwaFace with textured crown

Nose and lips in polished stone

Langton MusekiwaFace with textured crown

The rough-cut top edge of the torso against the polished surface

Langton MusekiwaTorso

The polished curl at the top of the ribbon

Langton MusekiwaRibbon form

The clutch plate and gears at the centre of the fish

Langton MusekiwaFish with sun wheel

Gears, springs and chain in the body of the cello

Langton MusekiwaCello

The upper planes and the carved eye, in close view

Nomore NyamhungaStacked column with face

Stacked ledges at mid-height

Nomore NyamhungaStacked column with face

The cap and recessed step

Nomore NyamhungaStepped tower

Projecting blocks on the lower shaft

Nomore NyamhungaStepped tower

The rough-cut outer face, with the natural patina of the stone

Nomore NyamhungaVeiled head

The polished inner recess

Nomore NyamhungaVeiled head

The polished face against the rough-cut edge, reflecting the sky

Nomore NyamhungaBlade form

The base of the blade

Nomore NyamhungaBlade form

The head in close view

Nomore NyamhungaSmall head on plinth

Nomore NyamhungaSlender column

The cantilevered planes

Nomore NyamhungaCantilevered head

The rind crown meeting the honed grey shaft

Nomore NyamhungaColumn with weathered crown

Nomore NyamhungaStepped profile

A rough-cut sphere beside the smooth ones

Nomore NyamhungaFour spheres

The ledges inside the rounded frame

Nomore NyamhungaSculptural shelf