August
3rd saw the grand finale of the Nai Ni Who festival; but with its
end; it has left many talk on the lips of Nairobi’s urban crowd.
When
the festival touched the Lavington area; one man was exposed through this. A painter;
creator of shades and a sculptor; Cyrus Kabiru who has a spacious studio at the
quiet Kuona Trust premises allowed the public to don his famous c-stunners
shades that are made from found objects and recycled materials.
“When
I was young; I was the best toy maker. I grew up with thrown bottle tops. But still
I think of myself as a painter first;” he is quoted as having said this to Up
Magazine writer; Anyiko Owoko.
Cyrus
is the man behind the retro-funky shades dubbed the C-STUNNERS; which have
earned him recognition worldwide.
In
2010; he won an award for innovative thinking at the Maker Faire Africa
competition. Then come 2011 and he was among a select choice of African artists
interviewed for a MTV AFRICA documentary on creative people across Africa.
Kabiru
notes, “Every one of my glasses is a limited
edition with a title and a story behind it.”
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