Sfiso was born in 1980 with a twinkle in his eyes and despite the difficulties of growing up in KwaZulu Natal at that time and the poverty when his father deserted the family, Sfiso never lost his sense of fun.He started to uncover a talent and enjoyment of sculpting at a very early age - sitting on a river bank when his family could not initially afford to send him to school
After grade seven this creative young man had no alternative but to support his mother and three siblings with the paltry earnings from his employment as a gardner.Raphael Njoko, whose family also lived in the Bergville district of KwaZulu Natal, introduced Sfiso to Ardmore and to Fèe Halsted-Berning in 2002 when he was 22 years old.
Fée's ability to teach and also to give space for
individual creativity, has resulted in Sfiso losing none
of the delightful humour and fun of his creative mind. At
first glance, it is almost impossible not to smile at his
erotic animal sculptures .But on closer inspection of the
prolific work of this energetic young man, one discovers
that embodied in his charming figures there is often satire
or a subtle message of significance. |
