Rehoboth artist etches history into leather
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – George Albert Krohne etches history into leather from his garage in Rehoboth, where a soldering iron glides across a sheet of hide under natural light. On his phone, he scrolls through portraits of Namibia’s first three presidents: Sam Nujoma, Hifikepunye Pohamba and Hage Geingob, burned into leather and inspired by the... The post Rehoboth artist etches history into leather appeared first on New Era .
Heather Erdmann
REHOBOTH – George Albert Krohne etches history into leather from his garage in Rehoboth, where a soldering iron glides across a sheet of hide under natural light.
On his phone, he scrolls through portraits of Namibia’s first three presidents: Sam Nujoma, Hifikepunye Pohamba and Hage Geingob, burned into leather and inspired by the imagery of the N$30 banknote.
More than portraiture, the works carry memory, patience and a lifetime of manual labour shaped through fire.
Krohne, who turns 70 in July, is a self-taught Namibian artist whose journey spans decades working in factories, mines, construction sites, and signwriting before focusing on pyrography. He grew up partly in Rehoboth and Walvis Bay and left school around age 16 after his father’s death.
