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… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one … children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood, and his wife Frances Elizabeth Wood (nee Hoole). Her grandfather. George Wood, was an 1820 … Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood …

… of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1989: Images of Wood, Johannesburg Art Gallery. Collection University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 266 Johannes Chauke Man wood 30 cm 267 Thyesa Chauke Boxer wood and paint 60 cm 268 Albert Chauke Pig lady wood 92 cm …

… sculpture. His methods were learnt from the Vha-Venda wood sculptures. He worked primarily with Marula and Jacaranda wood, producing sculptures of celebrities, sports …

… 1969. This exhibition consisted of oil paintings on wood, bone, wire and an assortment of found objects. The … from oil, acrylic, watercolour, and airbrush; as well as wood, fibreglass, wire, and metal. He incorporates … Figure 3: Chasing the Demon, 1997, Oil on Fibreglass & Wood. Source: normancatherine.co.za Figure 2: State of …

… Unlike Gcwensa, who because of ill-health worked solely in wood, Xulu produced sculpture in both stone and wood. Xulu remained at Hlabisa until 1970. His major works …

… ”” The Craft House of Venda (group). Commissions:  1974: Wood panels commissioned by Evan Mackintosh and Associates, … for municipal buildings and library in Walvis Bay. 1975-6: Wood panel for Natal Blood Transfusion Service, near Pinetown, Natal. Wood panel for Seminary College at Umtata. Stations of the …

… also training pupils in realism and how to work with wood grain. David Chituku and Barnabas Ndudzo were among his students who became successful wood sculptors in their own right. Kekana attracted a number … parliament in London (1962). He also completed an orange wood crosier for Archbishop Desmond Tutu at special request. …

… had no formal art training. For many years he has carved wood sculptures although it is only since 1980 that he has …

… where he works as a sculptor of figures and animals in wood. He is particularly concerned with the depiction of Zulu …

… KwaZulu-Natal. He is a sculptor of figures and he works in wood. He attended school at the Umgeni Mission Station and …

… was inspired to make non-functional objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a …

… in 1984; under his guidance Lehupela learned how to do wood sculpture. It was not long before he was known … Rankin, E. (1989). Images of wood aspects of the history of sculpture in the 20 th Century …

… Maswanganyi works in a variety of sizes depending on the wood available but prefers a larger scale. Initially he … Tradition, Johannesburg Art Gallery. 1989: Images in Wood, Johannesburg Art Gallery. 1994: State of the Art, …

… in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus Hattingh studied Wood Technology and worked for Mondi Timbers. Having …

… (group). 1988: SAAA, Pretoria (VhaVenda/Shangaan Wood sculpture). JAG (Vita Art Now). Collections: DAMJAG; …

… held at the Technikon Natal and received a Certificates in Wood Carving. He taught art in 1995 at Bhekuzulu High School, …

… gallery in Berea Road, Durban. He exhibited sculptures in wood on that exhibition. He carried out a commission of large …

… Festival of African Arts, University of Zululand, for his wood sculpture, Mama (Birth), which is represented on this …

… Work in 1985.  He was a printmaker and sculptor of wood. He admired the work of Michael Zondi and said that …

… modelled. At one point Makoanyane used materials such as wood, feathers and skins to fashion accessories in which he …

… union politics and she started working with the Paper, Wood and Allied Workers Union. She was with the union until …

… He was born in Lamontville, Durban. He is a wood sculptor who was taught and encouraged by the Durban …

… scale, their physicality enhanced by her decision to use wood-blocks hewn from unorthodox surfaces such as old doors.  …

… to work in stone. He frequently used tamboti and jacaranda wood. He died of tuberculosis in 1984 in Hiabisa, Natal.  …

… the trade union movement. He was involved with the Paper, Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU) as an organiser. He remained with the union when it became the Wood and Allied Workers Union (PPWAWU) and later the South African, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (Sappawu). Ndlovu died on 6 May …

… (now Polokwane, Limpopo) and received early guidance in wood carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion of …

… watercolour, ink, wash, pencil, charcoal. He carved in wood.  1930-33 he studied under Professor O J P Oxley at …