Beautiful sunny day here in Port Chalmers today - perfect for a walk to Boilers Point, just a few minutes away from Artica Art & Accommodation.

A big thank you to all our lovely guests who left a review on booking.com after staying at Artica Art & Accommodation - I just found the 'Guest Review Award' in the mail, our rating is still 9.7 - the highest rating for a B&B in Dunedin :-)

What do you do when all the Whisky is gone and only an empty bottle is left..??? I decided to spend a few (…) hours sticking lots of tiny little beads onto it, found some mahogany & holly and turned it into a tealight holder!
It's not for sale at the moment as my son insists that we keep it but I thought I put up some pictures anyway… :-)

These days it sometimes can be challenging to see a bit of beauty in the world... A good reason to create beauty & share it with the world... ;-)
Here are some pictures of the wall clock I made recently using a beautiful piece of Walnut, decorated with beads.

How time flies… - exactly one year ago we had our first guests staying here at 'Artica Art & Accommodation'!!! It's been a pleasure to meet so many lovely people from all over the world and I think most of them rather liked it here... - our current rating on booking.com is 9.7 :-)
So if you are planning a trip to Dunedin & are looking for a place to stay get in touch, we'd love to welcome you here in Port Chalmers!

Looking for a vase to put some of the lovely spring flowers? I just finished making this one - I used an antique soda stream bottle on a walnut base, petals made from gilt oak and some some small beads for decoration.
Now available at Artica Art & Accommodation in Port Chalmers :-)

Recently I've been using a lot of Holly for my handturned wooden pens. Its elegant nearly white colour contrasts beautifully with other types of wood - and it works really well with gold or copper leaf as well (real 23 karat gold leaf that is, not gold paint..!).

Winter has finally arrived here in Dunedin - luckily our studio is well insulated and warm & cosy even at this time of the year :-) Yesterday we went for a walk to the Cedar Farm Reservoir - a real winter wonderland just a few minutes away from Artica Art & Accommodation!

As these pictures show Port Chalmers is a great place to be at any time of the year! From Artica Art & Accommodation it's just a short walk up to the Flagstaff Lookout and the Ralph Hotere Sculpture Garden, Oputae, or you can drive out to Aramoana to watch the sunset at the beach… :-)

Autumn's weather has been pretty good so far and many of our guests here at Artica Art & Accommodation were able to explore Port Chalmers & Dunedin on beautiful sunny days!

What an amazing first tourist season we've had (that doesn't seem to be over yet...) – the last 6 months have been incredibly busy, we absolutely loved meeting so many wonderful people from all over the world! Thanks to everybody who left feedback on booking.com – we now have a rating of 9.8 :-)