 springstone, green and red serpentine) and the rarer semi-precious stone verdite for his sculptures.As remarked by Olivier Sultan "Known simply as 'Henry', the most widely known Zimbabwean sculptor is like a magician, a sage who knows how to find the essential and is, therefore, able to translate the essence of any being or spirit into stone.With care and tenderness, he selects the stone which he feels contains the spirit of an animal, a man, the moon or even the wind.