Customised Artworks NZ

The Work

One-of-a-kind pieces

A selection across both crafts — from native-timber turning to engraved artwork. Most began as someone's idea, story, or a material that mattered. More added as pieces are finished.

Turning & resin

One-off vessels in native and rescued timbers, resin and inlay.

Bamboo-skewer vase — chestnut set with ~3000 bamboo skewers
Bamboo-skewer vase — chestnut set with ~3000 bamboo skewers
Inlaid vase — puriri, maple & sapele
Inlaid vase — puriri, maple & sapele
Swamp kauri & resin platter
Swamp kauri & resin platter
Swamp kauri burl & resin bowl
Swamp kauri burl & resin bowl
Live-edge plum bowl
Live-edge plum bowl
Turned apple — lignum vitae, from an old fella's lawn bowls
Turned apple — lignum vitae, from an old fella's lawn bowls
Segmented open-weave bowl
Segmented open-weave bowl

Furniture & boxes

Live-edge and inlaid tables, bandsaw boxes and joinery.

Kauri console — live-edge kauri on a steel base
Kauri console — live-edge kauri on a steel base
Swamp kauri resin table
Swamp kauri resin table
Chestnut octagonal side table
Chestnut octagonal side table
Purpleheart inlaid side table
Purpleheart inlaid side table
Rewarewa bandsaw box
Rewarewa bandsaw box

Engraving

Original and co-designed artwork — led by Aotearoa.

Native bird collection — engraved set
Native bird collection — engraved set
Koru owl — engraved artwork
Koru owl — engraved artwork
Pīwakawaka — engraved & framed
Pīwakawaka — engraved & framed
Tūī — engraved tile
Tūī — engraved tile

Culturally significant work (tā moko, Māori portraiture) is made by commission, not shown as stock — see Commissions.

Let's start

Let's make yours

If you've got a piece in mind — or just the beginnings of one — I'd love to hear it.

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