An internationally acclaimed artist and sculptor from Ayrshire has recalled his time meeting the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Boxing Day aged 90.
Tributes poured in for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was one of the driving forces behind the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa —including from Turnberry bronze sculptor Mark Stoddart.Mark, 57, met Archbishop Tutu in November 2004, having been invited to help the South African government raise money for the HIV Paediatric Foundation to help children with AIDS.Mark attended a special auction in Cape Town to help raise funds for the cause, where he donated one of his unique and highly collectable hippo dining tables along with matching chairs, which raised thousands of
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