Stone Sculptures

In Africa, stone sculptures are made from real chunks of natural stone. The African statues that come out of it are for example abstract, but they can also be of persons in a family or of elephants or other animals. We have a large range of stone statues for indoors and for the garden. The stone art for indoors is for example a thinker, mother and child or a love couple made of African soapstone. Also good to know is that all the statues are made of 100% natural stone by an artist in Zimbabwe. Give a stone sculpture as a gift to someone you love or buy it for yourself.

As mentioned before, the stone statues of a family and love statues are made of soapstone, because this type of stone is softer and therefore easy to carve. Not only these stone statues are made of soapstone, but also the thinkers, mother and child and animal statues.

The stone family statues and statues of a family are for sale in different finishes, from abstract art to more obvious persons. The best known family statues are the smooth soapstone family statues, these are made with love by a local artist in Zimbabwe. The abstract family statues have a rough exterior that often has a brown colour with the interior being green or black. Finally, there are the abstract statues in soapstone that show a family in a round ring. This African art looks beautiful in modern interiors, which is why they are also called modern statues of stone. The statues of a family are sold with 4 and 5 persons.

Especially for weddings and for your love partner we sell the love statues. These stone statues are made with love. Choose from a wide range of stone statues of a love couple. Buy for example a stone statue of a dancing couple as a gift for a wedding or marriage, but you can also choose the kissing love couple. In short, there is plenty of choice if you are looking for a gift that is a stone statue of love.

Stone garden statues have increased in popularity recently, as people sit at home more often and still want to enjoy their garden. Especially for those people we offer the stone statues for the garden. These stone statues are made of a hard stone and are available in different styles, you can choose an abstract garden statue or a head. One thing is certain and that is that these garden statues are made of a piece of natural stone in Zimbabwe and because these statues must be in the garden all year round, the statue must be made of a hard stone. These hard stone garden statues have a much harder character than for example soapstone, this makes the statues much harder and more challenging to work with. This is also the reason why stone garden statues often have larger shapes than for example the family and love statues.

Statues of elephants are immensely popular, it is the first animal that people call out when you ask them what is walking around in Africa. Because of this, we have put together a large assortment of stone elephant statues for you. These elephants come in black, brown and green; they are also available in abstract art and in realistic shapes. Moreover, we also have statues of elephants looking after their young. In short, if you are looking for an elephant statue, shop at De Blaker. We also have other animal statues, such as hippos, giraffes and owls.

Stone statues of a mother and her child are sold a lot at our shop. Why, because a statue of a mother and child are wonderful gifts to give at the birth of a child or on a birthday. We also sell embryo statues that can serve as a birth present. Giving a statue of a mother and daughter or son can have a high symbolic value, because it represents the relationship between the mother and her child.

The stone sculptures in our range are all handmade in Zimbabwe, which makes each one unique. Special artist villages are for example Tengenenge where sculptors put their passion and emotion in a piece of stone to carve out a beautiful sculpture with their own style. The reason why Tengenenge is known all over the world and is also sold in world shops is because the artists in Zimbabwe have their own style of making the stone sculptures. If you look closely, you can immediately see what the artist intended, even though the sculpture is made in a very abstract way. This is the strength of sculptures from Tengenenge. The other sculptures are made all over Zimbabwe and mainly come from the area around Harare, the capital. By paying the artists personally, we ensure a fair trade, so you are assured of a sculpture that has been paid for fairly!