The object of this website is to give you an insight in to woodturning in New Zealand
 as well as a little about Rick Taylor and the wonderful pieces in his gallery that you can purchase.

We are open most days - if you are making a special trip to visit us please check with us to make sure we are open.

cellphone 0274 489 652 . We may be down in the kauri swamp getting more wood or  demonstrating at a club or seminar. We offer 1 day or longer individual woodturning tuition here at our gallery.  Book in for your day now.  Turn some of our ancient kauri wood, learn some of Rick's "new wave" turning techniques, see and purchase his special  woodturning tools (only available from us) and get inspired by what you see.

We will show you some of the kauri pieces in his gallery, how the kauri is recovered from local swamplands, the Kauri Paper handmade from the kauri shavings, Kauri Gum  ,  kauri lidded treasure boxes, kauri gum soap,  and much more.

Check out the gallery pages, tool pages, corporate gift pages as well. You can purchase directly from us.  
Any prices shown are in New Zealand dollars - we can convert to your currency.

NFS    AWARD WINNING WHALES TAIL CRAFTED IN FIDDLEBACK GRAIN KAURI

NFS                     The Whale Tail               FIDDLEBACK KAURI    3860 YEAR BURIED WOOD

NEW AWARD FOR THE BOXES 2009                       TWO FROM ONE           TWO BOXES MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD                 ONE COMES FROM INSIDE THE OTHER                                                      NFS AWARD 1st prize   Taranaki woodcraft festival 2009

Matariki Competition and Exhibition Matakohe 2011

second prize /  Photography / Rick Taylor Dargaville

ABOVE PHOTO  / 3rd EQUAL AWARD FOR CARVING WITH HIS CARVED DOLFIN

AT THE MATARIKI COMPETITION ON AT THE KAURI MUSEUM  AT PRESENT UNTIL 16 JULY

BELOW PHOTO

3RD PRICE IN THE BOWL & PLATTER AWARD

wow  see Sue Taylors page for her award at matariki competition

click Sue Taylor at the top of any page 

COMMISSIONED TO HAND CRAFT FROM ANCIENT KAURI

CONDUCTORS BATONS

Kevin Friedrich President of the ( C I A )   Presented speically Commissioned Conductor Batons

hand crafted by Master craftsman Rick Taylor

To  Conductor Joan C. Sommers of Kansas city USA

And Gary Daverne Conductor from Auckland New Zealand

At the world Accordion Orchestra Concert in Dargaville 30th August 2009

Gary Daverne & Joan c. Sommers with the presented Batons

Artist Rick Taylor:

Rick has been woodturning for over 30 years and invites you to share his love of woodturning. You will see the many colours and grains of the Ancient Kauri wood featured in the turned pieces shown in our gallery. Rick has just finished two wonderful pieces -The SNAPPER FISH and The DOLPHIN - both from Ancient Kauri / See gallery 5 page  

All pieces in the Gallery, Corporate Gift, Kauri Paper and Tool sections are available to purchase.  We can now offer some of our wonderful ancient kauri to other woodturners and woodworkers. New - See the Kauri blanks page.

We can ship/post  your purchases home. Overseas visitors can get the GST (tax) of 12.5% off the purchase price. This helps towards the postage costs.

For fellow woodturners we offer information on woodturning tools available at our studio (we can post worldwide).  We also offer Woodturning Tuition for beginners to advanced levels.   This is individual tuition for 1 day or longer. Use Rick's tools, learn his "new wave" methods and have some fun as well.  Learn how to enjoy your woodturning.

Check the Today's News page for demonstration/workshops happening soon  and book your place for a workshop with Rick.

 Rick is also available for club seminars, workshops and shows.  Group visits are welcome but please tell us your group is coming as Rick may be down in the swamp getting more kauri, or fishing or out and about and you don't want to miss seeing him in action on the woodlathe!

We hope you enjoy our site - remembering that Rick is the woodturner and Sue looks after the Gallery and we are just learning about the art of making our website. Your comments are most welcome.
Tell us if you want more information/photos etc on this site.
Thanks, Sue and Rick Taylor.  
The Woodturners Kauri Gallery and Working Studio - WE TRY TO BE OPEN MOST DAYS

phone us (00 64)  9 439 4975  or cellphone 0274 489 652

HOW TO FIND US   -  SEE PHOTOS AND MAP BELOW

We now have the Dargaville kauri coast visitor information center here at the studio

THE 1 STOP WOOD SHOP/ KAURI  WORKS OF ART AND VISITOR INFORMATION

look for the blue and white I sign

                                                                                                            PARKING LEFT HAND SIDE / NORTH TO THE KAURI FOREST

                                                                                        PARKING AT THE STUDIO

                     GOOD PARKING BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE SOUTH  RIGHT OUTSIDE   

                                 OUR STUDIO GALLERY& VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE  AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS.

                                               SO YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME ON IN AND LEARN

                                    ABOUT THE ANCIENT KAURI FORESTS THAT WE DIG FROM UNDER GROUND OR GET YOUR INFORMATION.

New New New  We now have a stop over park for self contained campervans etc here at the Woodturners Studio

   Bookings for the park over call at the Visitor Information Centre 4 Murdoch Street Dargaville. see map above