We found this little gem on a recent trip to Cyprus. Savvas Koulendros began sculpting in stone as a hobby when he turned fifty in 1996. The majority of his sculptures use sandstone, limestone or basalt which has been smoothed and shaped over millions of years by the sea. He soon found there was insufficient room for his large sculptures at his home in the town of Larnaca so he moved with his wife Stvroula Mbirou-Koulenfdrou, an artist who also makes mosaics, to a house he built on land they owned in Mazotos in 2003.The orginal idea was for somewhere with enough space for the sculptures but after a while Savvas decided to open the sculpture park to the public. The park is now almost full but Savvas told us over a cool drink in the shade of his house that he is planning his largest work yet which will go on adjacent land, as well as working on a couple of other smaller, works.
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