It is there in the anthropomorphic reticulation of stone, in an object’s secreted mobility and the love for the dirigible – a thing made of moving parts. It is there in the artist’s care for functionality, in which the human body becomes one with its structural armature and support.
Born in 1982 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, Heino Schmitt is a self-taught artist centered by his purpose as truth seeker, expanding on this quest through design and sculpting. He began his career in the entertainment industry, embodying the stories of human beings, and so he began the metamorphesis to designer and sculptor.