"Happy Times" By Givemore Mashaya in Springstone 83cm

 By Givemore Mashaya in Springstone  83cm.

Givemore was born in Nyanga in 1982. He attended Mazarura Primary School and then went on to do his `O` Level course at Mazarura Secondary school, there in Nyanga. At the tender age of sixteen, Givemore had already started sculpting, having been influenced by his brothers some of whom are very successful artists themselves. Since he had made up his mind to take sculpture as his lifetime career, he moved to the Capital, Harare to seek more exposure. There he joined his brothers and started working as a family. He also worked with the Nyanongos who were very helpful in polishing up his skills. Givemore is very gifted young artist who is comfortable working with a whole variety of stones types. He believes that stone sculpture is a form of art that promote the African culture and that is a way of writing down the History of Africa in a manner that can be easily appreciated by future generations. Givemore has participated in various exhibitions in Zimbabwe and has had several of his works taken abroad by art collectors.