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One of WOW’s most successful designers has started a new creative art business to build on the aesthetic he developed during the competition. 

Motueka-based Peter Wakeman and his wife Teresa are thrilled about their new venture, Wakeman Creation. The collection of sculpture, fashion accessories and furniture will be made from a variety of materials, but Wakeman says his bread and butter will be metal, wood, and the fibreglass that has made him famous. “I have a stack of ideas I can’t wait to start rolling through,” he says. ...read more