Corey Perrine/Staff Passmore Mupindinko carves a bird. Meanwhile, patrons toured the gardens as two Zimbabwean sculptors were on hand creating from raw materials Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at the Naples Botanical Garden. ZimSculpt, a traveling exhibit, features several dozen pieces of the finest in Zimbabwean rock sculpture worldwide. The exhibit is on display until March 24. Mupindinko has been carving for the past 30 years starting at age 7 with his grandfather. 'I look at the stone and imagine what it might be,' Mupindinko said. 'So, I work with the stone.'

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Corey Perrine/Staff Passmore Mupindinko carves a bird. Meanwhile, patrons toured the gardens as two Zimbabwean sculptors were on hand creating from raw materials Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at the Naples Botanical Garden. ZimSculpt, a traveling exhibit, features several dozen pieces of the finest in Zimbabwean rock sculpture worldwide. The exhibit is on display until March 24. Mupindinko has been carving for the past 30 years starting at age 7 with his grandfather. "I look at the stone and imagine what it might be," Mupindinko said. "So, I work with the stone."

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