Walter Mariga
The son of first generation sculptor Joram Mariga, Walter Mariga was born in 1973. He gained experience polishing his father磗 work but began sculpting in his own right in 1992.
He views stone carving as 创traditional for my family创 and like his father, uses established cultural and spiritual beliefs in combination with natural rock forms as his inspiration.
创The subject comes from my head and also from the shape of the stone: I would chip a little bit and it would form this way and that创. Eaglel (1994, Lepidolite) symbolises the traditional Chapungu bird while Hyena (1994, Leopard Rock) portrays a powerful animal about to attack. 创When people used to travel around, Hyenas would hide behind the rocks waiting to attack people...and you can see this...he is a little bad but not like a lion!创
Walter believes he will continue to carve and his ambition for the future is to work on a much larger scale.
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