Unique piece of wearable artwork by Mutemwa Mukelebai, a Livingstone-based artist, carver and community scientist. He grinds glass from discarded television screens into lenses and has built Imwiko, Lubosi and Ikasuwa, working microscopes, from discarded and found objects. With no laboratory behind him, he has watched mosquitoes and the small life of our fresh waters.
Artist: Mutemwa Mukelabai
Apprentice: Luyando Muleya
Material: Recycled brass
Process: Grinding, cutting and polishing
Short story:
Based on the cultural heritage of aba Bemba of the Northern Part of Zambia who use the crocodile as symbolic for their Ukusefya pa Ngwena traditions.
Size: 1.0 x 2.5 x 2.6 cm
Weight: 8g
Diameter (inner circle size): 2cm
Unique piece of wearable artwork by Mutemwa Mukelebai, a Livingstone-based artist, carver and community scientist. He grinds glass from discarded television screens into lenses and has built Imwiko, Lubosi and Ikasuwa, working microscopes, from discarded and found objects. With no laboratory behind him, he has watched mosquitoes and the small life of our fresh waters.
Artist: Mutemwa Mukelabai
Apprentice: Luyando Muleya
Material: Recycled brass
Process: Grinding, cutting and polishing
Short story:
Based on the cultural heritage of aba Bemba of the Northern Part of Zambia who use the crocodile as symbolic for their Ukusefya pa Ngwena traditions.
Size: 1.0 x 2.5 x 2.6 cm
Weight: 8g
Diameter (inner circle size): 2cm
