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 :-)

My Table Lamp (made from brass, wire, beads on a Walnut base with a flickering candle light) will be one of the items for sale at the Art Exhibition & Sale at St Leonards School/ Dunedin, 8th & 9th April 2016. Come and see some wonderful artwork and support a great little school :-)

My wooden pens proved popular with our guests and I've recently been working on some new designs
(all priced between $55 and $75).

We really enjoyed having lots of lovely people from all over the world stay with us over the last few weeks! And we loved getting feedback from them - Artica Art & Accommodation now has a rating of 9.6 ('exceptional') on booking.com :-)