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About Carin Wilson
- Carin John Wilson (born 2 March 1945) is a New Zealand studio furniture maker, sculptor and design educator.
- He was a leader in the country's craft movement in the 1970s, 80s and 90s and was one of the inaugurators of the design showcase Artiture in 1987.
- He is a descendant of the Ngati Awa ancestor Te Rangihouhiri and the founding chairman of Nga Aho, a design initiative that advocates for collaborative and creative practices among professionals within the Maori tribal structure and community.
- The Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design conferred Wilson with an Honorary Diploma in Art and Design; in 2002 he received an inaugural Toi Iho mark, a registered Maori trademark of authenticity.
- His design practice, Studio Pasifika, has been in operation since 1993.
- Wilson is included in Helen Schamroth's 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins' At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, and Michael Smythe's New Zealand by Design: a History of New Zealand Product Design.
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