Tuition

 

Wood turning Tuition

with Rick Taylor

ONE DAY OR LONGER

 

we are now taking bookings for the 1 day basic wood turning course  - this is a full day "one on one"  just you the student and Rick

can be any day of the week including weekends but must be booked in advance. Everything included for the day plus lunch

accommodaiton available in our  2 bedroomed cottage that is on the same section as our home  - you can see on Air Bnb  under Dargaville Cottage Accommodation  - special rate for students and family staying but book direct with us when booking you day/days tuition

we also have two books available $85 each - one on making a bowl and one on making a hollow form. Step by step instructions with text and photographs. $85 each plus postage/courier

  individual wood turning tuition - NZ$425 

 date to be confirmed by us once you make contact 

email kauriinfo@xtra.co.nz to book

 beginners level

bookings essential and tuition can be any day including the weekends 

learn from a professional wood turner - Rick Taylor

book for one day or longer  -

one on one tuition

basic beginners day, intermediate or advanced

 basic beginners day includes timber used.

email kauriinfo@xtra.co.nz

or phone 00 64 9 439 4975 

or 0274 489 652

 

 books by New Zealand master Wood turner Rick Taylor

only NZ$85-00 each and postage

STEP BY STEP HOW TO  AND GREAT PHOTOS

                                                                 

these are two great new books to learn how to turn bowls and hollow pots step by step

Better still book in for a day (or more) tuition in woodturning with the Master - Rick Taylor

SOME OF OUR STUDENT'S COMMENTS

 

  

Hi Michael from Germany

photo below

I had a great day with Rick on the Sept 1st 09 I had never turned wood before

and wow look what I made just in one days tuition with the Master

my day with Rick was a present from my wife for my birthday.

Thanks Rick

   

My name is Ludo I am from Switzerland

photo below

I had a great day with Rick we had so much fun

the high light of my hoilday in New Zealand Aug 09.

 

 

 My name is Lana visiting from Australia

We called in on Rick at his studio Wednesday 12th Aug 09 he was making turned pens

When I told him I had made a turned pen on my woodlathe back home

well he walked over to me and handed me the tool and

said you can make this pen and I will have time out and maybe I will learn something.

bugger me / I had to turn that pen and show him I could do it

 After I had finished the kauri pen

 I didnt want to let him back on his lathe I was having fun turning wood in New Zealand.

Well Rick being Rick

 He said I had done a great job and gave me the pen I had turned out of green coloured Kauri wood.

We all had a great afternoon and I booked in the next day for tuition

on bowl turning and made a lovely kauri bowl along with learning

how to cut up wood for turning from the log , drying wood, sharpening turning tools,

and how to do the six cut of woodturning  and learnt all about his new wave set of turning  tools .

If you want to have a fun day call in on Rick at his studio.

You can't get lost just look for the big sign with his photo on it

it's about 12 foot high x 5 foot wide

and I like the piece at the bottom that says

 Rick Taylor world famous kauri wood artist

Hi Mike from USA

I had a day with Rick in the work shop

 7th August 09  made lots of shavings and I even get to take home a finished kauri candle holder

and a set of the RT new wave turning tools

the last time I turned wood was at school a long long time ago

I will now go home and set up that woodlathe I have in my shop and get to turning wood

 

Hi  David is the name from the UK

I came back to have a day with the Master / 18th July 2009

an early birthday present from Veronica my wife

a great day I had after the last time I worked on a wood lathe 50 years ago.

When I get home I am going to take out the wood lathe that is still in the box in storage

that I have had for a long time and never got around to setting it up

From Rick, good on you mate have fun

 

 

Hi Sharyn from AUS

I had a great day as a student with the Master 

We gave up our trip to the Bay of Islands so I could have a days woodturning with Rick

and well worth it!

He is a bit of a dag but you get to know him and how he works by lunch time

And what a lunch hot soup and bread on a cold winters day

from Sue a great lady thanks Sue

11th July 2009

                                                              

Hi I am Peg from the U.S.A / taking a plane from the bottom

of the North Island  to Auckland then by road in a rental car to Dargaville.

On the Kauri coast

 to have a day in the workshop with  Master woodturner Rick Taylor

It was well worth the trip, we had fun and I learnt  new wave woodturning

and it is so much easier with the new wave tools etc

 

  

Hi my name is Sandra 

from the office back home to working on a wood lathe in New Zealand

Sandra says -  I want to be a woodturner  / after having a days workshop with  Master Woodturner Rick  Taylor

  working with the Ancient Kauri wood at the Studio spending time learning how to store and dry  wood

   for woodturning /  along with turning a piece  into a candle holder to take home

for me  it was a day full of fun and I now have two new friends Rick and Sue

When are you booking in for a day or two of woodturning

 tuition with Rick Taylor?

                        

The Woodturners Gallery/Studio and Rick Taylor

offers individual woodturning tuition

here at the Studio. Get to use Rick's large lathe and New Zealand made woodturning

tools.

 Play with some of our wonderful ancient swamp kauri.

 You can even take some

 Kauri wood home with you - bowl blanks, pen blanks etc. 

Rick Taylor is a master woodturner and caters for all levels of woodturning tuition,

from beginners to advanced - students of all ages. Even if you haven't used a

 woodturning lathe before we can get your started or if you need specific tuition tell

 us what you need from Rick. Tuition is on a one to one basis - i.e. individual tuition.

GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE - GET A FRIEND TO BUY YOU ONE NOW!

Rick Taylor demonstrating at the Whangarei Woodworkers and Woodturners Club

If your club would like to have Rick to give a demonstration

send us an email  kauri4u@xtra.co.nz

  

Below

ALL THE WAY FROM THE U .S .A

TAKING 5 DAYS TUITION WITH RICK

THIS STUDENT IS WORKING ON A HANDCRAFTED WOODEN STONE MADE FROM NZ KAURI WOOD

WOOD CARBON DATED AT 3860 YEARS OLD

    

Below - Stewart

I LOVE MY  BIKE BUT AFTER HAVING WOODTURNING TUITION

WITH RICK WHEN ON HOILDAY IN NZ

I NOW HAVE TWO HOBBIES  AND WILL HAVE TO FIND TIME TO DO BOTH

 THE BIKE AND THE WOODLATHE