Alan Hobbs
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Based in North Taranaki, Alan Hobbs specialises in jade carving alongside working with other types of stone including basalt, granite and greywacke.
He began learning carving in the 1970s, under the guidance of a Wellington carver.
In 1985 he committed to carving full time. He has also been a pig breeder and hunter.
Alan Hobbs, ‘Pig’ (1995), Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Image: Maribeth Coleman, Public Art and Publicly Accessible Art collection, 1991. Courtesy Wellington City Libraries. CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0.
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