LU◆NA◆MARA
NAMIBIALUMINOUS NAMIBIAN MARBLEA name for the light within the stone, and the stone that carries the light.
Earth.
More than five hundred million years ago, limestone settled beneath an ancient sea in what is now Namibia.
Heat. Pressure. Time.
Buried deep and folded into the earth, the stone was heated until its crystals rearranged. Marble was born at Karibib.
To light.
Its old name, marmaros, means the shining stone. Marble was named for what it does with light.
Through transfiguration.
At the bench in Windhoek, a sculptor looks for what is waiting inside the block, and takes away everything else.
Into form.
Moonlight, W. K. Sithole, Karibib marble. Each work one of one, signed, and recorded for as long as it stands.
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A Namibian marble and sculptural heritage institution in Windhoek. We carve the marble of Karibib into works of lasting meaning, form the sculptors who will carry the craft forward, and bring Namibian marble to the world.
One of one, signed and recorded.
25 × 45 × 33 cm
68 × 85 × 60 cm
39 × 51 × 21 cm
52.5 × 43 × 35 cm
75 × 47 × 20 cm
67.5 × 22 × 9 cm
87 × 60 × 33 cm
76.5 × 35 × 22 cm
78 × 39 × 10 cm
79.4 × 44 × 24 cm
three forms, 54.5 to 60 high cm
49 × 43.5 × 16 cm
What is waiting to be carved out of you?
Every work begins as a block. Move the chisel across the stone and find what it holds. In the studio this takes weeks; here, a moment.
The Earth To Light Workshop
A sculpture is never seen from one side.
Every work is photographed from all sides before it leaves the studio. Choose a work and watch it turn.
Namibia has marble of rare character, yet no long tradition of carving it.
LUNAMARA is establishing one. Our sculptors are Namibian and African artists. In the studio the skill passes from master to apprentice, and the value added in the making stays where the stone was born.
The story of LUNAMARA
Three ways into the stone.
Every engagement begins with a conversation, and every enquiry is read.
Works are placed privately. On enquiry we send a full dossier on the work: its sculptor, its stone, its dimensions, every angle and its provenance.
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