Placida Market Artist of the Week featured
BILL HOBSON
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Bill Hobson builds and designs birdhouses through woodburning. His work can be seen at the Placida Arts and Crafts Market Feb. 2 on the grounds of the Fishery Restaurant at 13000 Fishery Road, Placida.
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Bill Hobson's wood-burned birdhouse.
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Bill Hobson made this chair from driftwood.
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Bill Hobson intially started his artwork constructing chairs from driftwood in Rochester, N.Y. A chair normally takes him a month to complete.
PLACIDA — At first, Bill Hobson thought of his wood-burned furniture as a hobby — a release from the stress of his jobs as a building superintendent and carpenter in New York.
It wasn’t until his wife of more than 30 years, Stacy, convinced him to take his work public that he realized the potential of his creativity.
