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I have been sculpting full time since 2003, working primarily with Oamaru limestone from the South Island of New Zealand and Hinuera Sandstone from the North Island. As a rule, most of my sculptures are 3-dimensional, with the intent of drawing the viewer's eye around and into a piece. Having worked within the signwriting industry for a period of 20 years, I noticed that computers had increasingly taken over the artistic aspects of my profession. Leaving the workforce, I enrolled as an adult student at Waiariki Institute of Technology for the Diploma of Art and Design. I found that during my studies my energies were increasingly directed toward sculpture and in particular the medium of stone. Being of New Zealand Maori and European descent, I am strongly influenced by my dual heritage and the impact of both cultures in contemporary New Zealand society. Ka Kite Ano. Trevor
Nathan
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