Manufactured: Cyrus Kabiru

Makeshift profiles Maker Faire Africa participant Cyrus Kabiru:

Manufactured: Cyrus Kabiru's Recycled Art from Makeshift on Vimeo.
His great grandfather was a prophet, his family tree peppered with traditional doctors. Laughing, Cyrus says that, like a traditional African doctor, he is a traditional African artist.
The tall, soft-spoken Cyrus Kabiru hammers a bottle top completely flat for a sculpture series he’s working on. Self-taught artist, sculptor, and designer, he is a quiet observer, expressing the world around him through recycled object sculptures and free hand paintings.
“I know someone through eyes,” he says...[continue reading]