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Ricks
WOODTURNING PROFILE
RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE
NEW PHOTOS
See the big packhorse
crays bottom of page
Rick Taylor - Master Woodturner and fish'o
where he lives and his hobbies
This photo shows the settlement of Mangawhare 1
km down river from Dargaville
where Rick has his gallery and working studio
this is where sailing ships loaded with kauri
timber and kauri gum
back in the early days
Ricks hobby is taking photos
Photos from Around
Dargaville & the Kauri Coast
Taken from Zizania Paper Makers
looking up Ripiro beach from Glinks Gully Motor Camp
photos by Artist Rick Taylor
 
How do I get these shots / look at the bottom right hand
side of the photo above and you can see a hand with a ice cream cone
That's Sues hand and these guys like food
Im going to take photos of the Tigers do you want to hold
the meat so I can take the photos
come on make my day I may get some good
photos to put on this site
Well I didn't get any takers to help so good old Sue
came along and we had fun until
See below
 
thats right Sue hold the meat highter hes looking
 
Yes that right Sue he has the smell
I think he is ready for lunch
Sue get back over the fench now
dont say what / didn't you here me opps
/ I think he just had lunch
I may need a new helping hand for the next
photo shot
The offer is still there to come along if you like cats
and can run and jump and very fit
hope you like these photos
Ancient kauri log buried in the peat
swamp for the last 45,000 years
RICK TAYLOR/ Hobby is fishing, when
he is not woodturning
RICKS GONE FISHING
our boat Chaos a 19 foot aluminium
we are after some big snapper this year
and king fish
Rick with the new boat CHAOS
FIRST FISH on the boat by Jared Taylor The Bay of Islands
not big but it's a start
Joel with his big snapper Bay of Islands
WHEN THE BOYS SAID DAD WE NEED OUR OWN BOAT AGAIN
THEY ALSO SAID THEY WOULD SHOW ME WHERE TO GET BIG SNAPPER
WHAT THEY DIDNT SAY WAS I WOULD HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO HOOK THEM
IF I AM TO COOK THEM
SO THE BOYS ARE AHEAD AT THIS TIME.
Well done, dads done it again fish fish and more
fish and in the winter
THIS WILL SHOW THE BOYS WHAT FISHING IS ALL ABOUT
MY FISHING TRIP TO NOOSA QUEENSLAND JULY 2008
10 TUNA AND 5 LARGE REEF SNAPPER ON THIS TRIP 12 MILES
OUT OF NOOSA
START TO THIS SUMMERS FISHING 2009, A TRIP
TO THE FAR NORTH
Jared skipper,Jason and Rick fishos and up to 40 knot winds and rain, well we got a
little time on the water
and some nice fish
Rick just wanted his photo
taken
Jasons king fish nice one jason
Jasons king fish, Jason was the fisho of the weekend
every time he put his line in he came back with a fish on it, tin ass
Rick runner up with a few nice snapper
Jared didn't want his photo taken but he did a great job skippering the boat so
us guys would have a great time
Jasons snapper boat fishing
Jason landbase fishing not big but a nice fish for in
the harbour
This photo was taken with a cellphone
Jared and his mates were fishing at the Bay of Islands when a school of snapper
come on to the reef under the boat
great fishing Jared see what happens when I dont come with you
you had better find fish like this next time you take daddy with
you
by the way they had two boats
Well how about this one Dad, see if you can get one as
big over the summer
Jared Taylor /18 pound snapper/ hen and chicks islands
Northland NZ
Ricks fishing trip down south April 2009
not as big as Jareds but maybe next year
End of May fishing winter
Jared dose it again
Jared with a good 20 pound snapper this time / ( note from dad)
good one Jared keep it up over winter
But please please take me with you next time i am hanging
out for a big one like that
If you keep getting fish like these i will have to make a new
page
called Taylors fishing page.
Well Jared and i went fishing and we got some nice snapper for
the winters day
a little cold out there on the water but great fishing
10 / nice snapper for the day the biggist was 10 pound
I am trying but everytime I get a good fish above photo
/ then Jared gets a bigger one / photo below
26th June 09
How do you like this one dad /13 pound snapper at spot x
once again Dad was not with Jared but he was fishing on the
beach just
in front of where Jared was fishing in Chaos just out from the
beach.
What did Dad get with Sue and his brother Len on the beach
Well we want talk about that!
Mark with two large packhorse crayfish diving from our
boat Chaos at the bay of islands this weekend
Johno two big snapper fishing from our boat Chaos this
weekend at the bay of island
That right my profile, I forgot about that
sorry here it is below
Ricks profile
Rick Taylor has turned wood for the last
30 years and is one of New Zealand's better known woodturners.
He has formed woodturning groups and clubs to
help new comers to woodturning and to enjoy the art of woodturning.
He has demonstrated his woodturning
skills in London, Canada, Australia and throughout New Zealand.
Rick now has his own woodturning
gallery/studio which is open to the public.
He offers woodturning tuition, advice on
turning tools and accessories, and can even sell you a
piece of his turned work or a piece of kauri wood. He works mainly with the
famous New Zealand ancient swamp kauri which is believed to be the oldest
workable wood in the world - some of this kauri has been radio-carbon dated at
up to 50,000 years buried.
Rick is available for club demonstrations,
workshops and seminars both here in New Zealand and overseas. Get your club to
run a workshop/seminar and have Rick show you his "new wave" woodturning ways!
You wont be disappointed.
Learn the easy way to turn and get more
enjoyment out of your woodturning.
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