Whuda Marble Art Sculpts New Hope for Natural Resources

Whuda Marble Art Sculpts New Hope for Natural Resources

Sculptor Wolradt Sithole says luring shapes and forms out of Namibian white marble is an act of listening. “It gives you a sound. If it goes ding, ding, ding, it’s a hard surface. Choo, choo, choo, it’s soft,” says Sithole. “Those sounds become a song.” The young artist offers such lyrical insights during a sculpture workshop at Whuda Marble Art Namibia’s large corrugated iron studio in Windhoek’s Northern Industrial area. Across town, at the Na…