PUNTA GORDA, Florida–Brighton Layson sits staring intently at his hands as he methodically and meticulously chips away at a hard stone from his Zimbabwean homeland. Employing a craft that has been passed down through generations, he uses a hammer and chisel–relatively primitive tools–to turn the stone into a masterpiece. He and his countrymen are in Southwest Florida to promote and sell their work, while representing their country. ZimSculpt, an exhibition of stone sculptures created by Zimbabwean artists, is currently on a world tour, and will be at the Peace River Botanical and Sculpture Gardens in Punta Gorda until April 18. The stone commonly used comes from Zimbabwe and is mined in small-scale mines by hand, Vivienne Croisette, curator and owner of ZimSculpt, told The Epoch Times on a recent visit to the  gardens. “The main stone is from the geological family of Serpentine,” she explained. “Intense heat and pressure over …