Artist: Sherpard Phiri

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Shepherd Phiri depicts animal behaviour through stone carving and admits that human conduct at times is better understood by watching and learning from the animal kingdom.

Phiri is famed for engraving bluegrass stone, which is arguably one of the hardest carvable stones found in Zimbabwe.

He has produced striking statuettes like The Landing Eagle, The Kissing Giraffes, the Jazz Acoustic Bass and The Neighing Horse, among several other creations and abstracts.

Bluegrass stone is found in Muyamuro village in Guruve and may easily be mistaken for spring stone in its raw state and when polished, it assumes a glittering greenish colour similar to the sky because of its infinity like optic illusion.

-Zimbabwe Independent