Tui Hobson

Tui Hobson has worked as a carver for the past 15 years.

Her work reflects her Cook Island Maori and European heritage and is inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Islands.

Tui began as a photography student working with photo assemblage and documenting the street life of her Wellington hometown.

While still interested in photography, and after a course in carpentry, it was the more physical and tactile experience of carving which inspired and captured her creative energy, a creativity encouraged from a young age by her artistic parents.

It was her father - a carver, art teacher and cabinet-maker who first introduced Tui to woodworking and then to a significant influence, abstract artists and sculptors of the 50s and 60s.