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January 8, 2018 by Christiane Stolhofer in Art

Creating a unique wood sculpture means working in harmony with the materials nature has provided. You have to pay attention to the way a tree has grown

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Tools of the trade

October 28, 2017 by Christiane Stolhofer in Art

Every woodworker has a most-loved tool. Mine is a small adze, in the Botswana language Setswana, called a petlwana. I use it when I first find an old piece of

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Working with the grain

September 18, 2017 by Christiane Stolhofer in Art

While my first love is Mopane, sometimes a piece of wood from another tree offers itself irresistibly to the sculpting process. Last month, Maun friends Desiree and Pierre Sharp pointed out