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Simon Creto

Location: Masvingo
Age: 55

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I was born on the 15th of August 1967 in a family of 5 boys and 5
girls in Masvingo province. Idid my primary level at St Mary`s and
my secondary at Zengeza 1 High in Chitungwiza Township.

I started carving in 1993 i was inspired by the late Kennedy Phiri. I
started carving rhinos and Shona art,I alsosculpt chameleons,crocodiles
and frogs.I enjoy carving frogs because they are a wonderful sight,
that is whyI do them on colourful stones such as Opal, Fruit
Serpentine, Verdite and Cobalt.

I work in Chitungwiza Arts Centre, Ienjoy mixing with different artists.

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A real treat here in Wimbledon. At Cannizaro Park a superb open-air exhibition of Zimbabwean sculpture. There were many pieces, large and small, and a wide variety of different stone used in imaginative ways. And, overall, a real sense of Africa, linked to a long artistic tradition.

I was told that many of the sculptors had been trained within their own families: a father, an uncle, a grandfather, passing on the old skills.

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