Nigerian artist transforms coconut shells into art

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Updated 26 February 2021 at 11:42 am

This Nigerian sculptor is making art from coconut

MULTIMEDIA ARTIST, NATHANIEL HODONU, HOLDING COCONUTS AND SAYING:

"My name is Hodonu Nathaniel, I am a multimedia artist and I use coconut as my medium of expression."

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Hodonu sources shells from local coconut oil factories

"My recent art works, now I started introducing colors to some of the works because of what some of my clients are saying, that put some colors to these things and I titled this one 'Vision.'"

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