www.thewoodturnersstudio.co.nz

Welcome to

The Woodturners Kauri Gallery and Working Studio

home of Master Wood turner

Rick Taylor

Dargaville, Kauri Coast, Northland, New Zealand

only 2 1/2 hours drive north/west of Auckland

50 minutes west of Whangarei

and 1 hour south of Tane Mahuta - the giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest

due to Covid 19 our Gallery is open from 10 am till 4pm most days (email or phone us if you making a special trip) but we are still operating from home (which is behind the gallery) You can still purchase any of our beautiful Ancient Kauri pieces that are shown here on our website.

open by appointment only

ph 0274 489 652 or landline 09 4394975

or email us kauriinfo@xtra.co.nz

We can courier/post your purchase.

We also sell turning blanks, pen blanks, slabs etc just ask us.

Payment can be made by credit card or direct to our bank account

If you require any further information on a particular piece just email us kauriinfo@xtra.co.nz

If we post your purchase home to an address outside New Zealand you get the tax of 15% deducted

Dont miss out!

above - part of our current gallery in Dargaville

we opened The Woodturners Kauri Gallery (our first gallery) in Rotorua in 1987

In 1992 we moved to Orewa and operated our home gallery for 5 years and in 1997 we relocated to Dargaville on the Kauri Coast.

We also operate the Dargaville Gallery - affordable art - unique one off abstract art and photography.

7 artist's works.

and the Dargaville Park Over for rvs/motorhomes - for self contained motorhomes/rvs $15 per night per van and option to have power for $3 per night. Stay one night or longer. Space for larger vehicles and great views of the Northern Wairoa River

Dargaville

Deal - stay 3 nights and only pay for 2 nights

below - master wood turner Rick Taylor finishing off a beautiful fiddleback grain ancient kauri platter

100% New Zealand grown Ancient Kauri

100% harvested from swamp land here on the Kauri Coast, Northland,

New Zealand

100% created here in New Zealand in to stunning pieces

100% New Zealand owned gallery/studio

Only the very best workmanship, design and coloured grains

you wont be disappointed

for real New Zealand made visit us at the studio.

All prices are shown in New Zealand dollars and include the gst (tax) of 15% which is deducted if we post your purchase to an address out of New Zealand

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4 Murdoch St, on State Highway 12, Dargaville,

Kauri Coast, Northland, New Zealand

Ph 00 64 9 439 4975

mobile 0274 489 652

email kauri4u@xtra.co.nz

www.thewoodturnersstudio.co.nz

RICK HAS DESIGNED WOODTURNED HATS AS FAR BACK AS 1986

AND NOW WOODTURNED HATS ARE "OLD HAT"

ALL HIS HATS HAVE RECEIVED AWARDS

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 first to make sure we will be open

cellphone 0274 489 652 or land line 09 439 4975

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 - see our tuition page

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, beautiful kauri bowls, magnificent kauri hollow pots, stunning kauri platters, kauri lidded treasure boxes, kauri pens etc all hand made by Rick.

Check out the gallery pages for bowls, platters, clocks pens, tool pages etc.

You can purchase directly from us.

All prices shown are in New Zealand dollars - we can convert to your currency and the tax of 15% is deducted if we post your purchase to an address out of New Zealand

Rick has created these wonderful carvings - the whale tail. and the stingray from ancient fiddleback grained kauri. Swamp test age 3860 years buried kauri and wonderful colours.

Matariki Competition and Exhibition Matakohe 2011

COMMISSIONED TO HAND CRAFT FROM ANCIENT KAURI

CONDUCTORS BATONS

Kevin Friedrich President of the ( C I A )

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

Joan C Sommers and Gary Daverne with the presented Batons

Artist Rick Taylor:

Rick has been woodturning for over 40 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.

We can now offer some of our wonderful ancient kauri to other woodturners and woodworkers.

We can ship/post your purchases home. Overseas visitors can get the GST (tax) of 15% 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).

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 TODAYS 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.

We try to be open most days but check with us if you are making a special trip to see us

The Woodturners Kauri Gallery and Working Studio

4 Murdoch St, Dargaville Northland New Zealand

email kauri4u@xtra.co.nz

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