Sam Duckor Jones is a talented young artist best known for his distinctive, whimiscal clay sculptures of men - characters he sends out into the world.
But sculpture is just one of Sam's media. He is also a poet, and his first book of poetry and drawings is about to be released by Victoria University Press. It's called People From the Pit Stand Up.
Mark Amery spoke with Sam and they started by chatting about Wairarapa township Featherston.