New Zealand crafts, decorative, applied arts, design; a guide to websites
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Adam, Brian. Jeweller. Modern jewellery and eyeglass design.
Antiques
See also: New Zealand antique dealers
My Antique Shops
A guide to antiques shops in New Zealand and the U.S.A.
New Zealand art and antiques auctions, a guide to websites.
Auckland antique dealers
Antiquarian Booksellers, Auckland
Art+Object
Newton, Auckland
Antiquarius, Auckland
Specialising in ancient coins and classical antiquities.
Cordy’s, Auckland
Fine art auctioneers and appraisers.
Dunbar Sloane
Dunbar Sloane Ltd is one of New Zealand’s most established auctioneers of art, antiques, artefacts, toys & dolls, wine and colonial collectables. The firm was started in 1918 by Andrew Dunbar Sloane, Lambton Quay, Wellington.
European Antiques
European Antiques & Furnishings. Grey Lynn, Auckland
John Stephens Antiques
John Stephens Antiques John Stephens & Co Ltd is a small, exclusive company situated on Shore Road in Remuera, Auckland.
Baran de Bordeaux Fine French Antiques and Decoration
New Zealand’s direct importer of French antiques.
Mossgreen-Webbs
Mossgreen-Webb’s is a fully diversified, multi-department auction house with a focus on fine art and single-owner collections. Parnell, Auckland
Yvonne Sanders Antiques
Yvonne Sanders Antiques Ltd, Epsom, Auckland
Graeme Thomson Antique Jewellery
G. L. Antiques, Eastbourne, Wellington
The partnership of G & L Antiques has been successfully supplying buyers of antiques since 1985. Registered with NZADA.
Soucheby’s Antiques, Art and Collectables in New Zealand.
Aotearoa
NZ and pacific art, bone carvings, greenstone, kauri bowls.
Art Market
Artmarket features New Zealand Contemporary, Maori and Pacifica Art, with items ranging from garden features to crafted jewellery.
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Bone carving
Aotearoa
Carvings in bone, greenstone, jade (pounmu), shell, Pacific pearl.
The Bone Studio and Gallery, Whitianga
Bone Art Place
Hand-crafted New Zealand bone carvings, pearl carvings and jade carvings, pendants, jewelry and gifts from the very traditional Maori styles to the more modern.
Aotearoa N. Carvings in bone, greenstone, jade (pounmu), shell, Pacific pearl.
The Bone Studio and Gallery, Whitianga
Carving, Bone Carving (Aoteoroa)
Ceramics
Fran Maguire, ceramic artist.
Fran Maguire, potter and ceramic artist, based in Marlborough.
The Ceramics collection at Te Papa, The Museum of New Zealand
New Zealand ceramics and pottery
Craft directories and craft retailers
Craftworld
Everything they sell is made by New Zealand craftspeople. Hundreds of talented craftspeople from every corner of New Zealand rent booths, which they design and stock themselves with their products at prices they set. Westgate, Auckland and Petone, Wellington.
Great New Zealand Crafts Shows
Dunkleys Shows Ltd is run by the sister and brother team, Fiona and Kim Dunkley from Christchurch. Their first show was held in 1983 based on the American craft show concept and was carefully researched and adapted to suit the New Zealand craft industry.
Objectspace
Objectspace, located in Auckland New Zealand, is a dedicated and award winning centre for innovative craft and design. Exhibitions and publications.
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Dilana Rugs. Rugs with designs by major New Zealand artists.
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Fingers Jewellery, Auckland. Handmade New Zealand jewelery.
Furniture design, New Zealand furniture designers
Cavit and Company fine furniture distributors.
Cruikshank. New Zealand furniture design. Queenstown
David Turnbridge, furniture designer.
Designers’ Collection, Parnell, Auckland
Kovacs design furniture, Parnell, Auckland
Fletcher Systems
Providing furniture and interior design solutions for domestic and commercial clients.
Ironcraft. Wrought iron furniture.
Formway. New Zealand furniture design.
Guy Bucchi
Handcrafted, unique and contemporary furniture in metal/native New Zealand wood (Manuka, Rimu, swamp Kauri); chairs, tables and candlelabra.
Moa Room, Paris, France
A shop in Paris selling furniture designed in New Zealand.
Mrossy Stainless-Steel Hammocks
Yoyo. Furniture designed by Kiwis. Wellington
New Zealand furniture designers
Glass art
New Zealand Glassworks
Glassworks, Wanganui, is owned and operated by Lyndsay Patterson and Katie Brown and has been in operation since 2005.
Form Gallery, Christchurch
Form Gallery exists to showcase and retail the work of New Zealand contemporary craft artists.
Black Door Gallery glass artists.
Glass Art
Koru Contemporary Art, based in Hong Kong. A large selection of art including glass art.
New Zealand Glass Art
Glass artworks from skilled glass artists and glass blowers working with clear, coloured and dichroic (two coloured) glass.
Kiwi Artz
New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass
Glass Museum Online
A glass encyclopedia, brief descriptions of types, styles, glass history, antique glass, glass internet links.
Glass artists
New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass
Lynden Over Lava Glass
Lava Glass Glass Blowing Studio and Gallery, Taupo. All work in the gallery is made on the premises.
Peter Raos, glass artist.
Based in Devonport, Auckland.
Ann Robinson, glass-maker.
Glass bowls and glass sculpture casted using the lost-wax process.
Handcrafts
Aotearoa.co.nz, Devonport, Auckland
Promoting New Zealand and Pacific handcrafts.
Jewellery
Balas
Contemporary New Zealand Fashion Jewellery
Chan Andreassend
New Zealand designers Karen Chan and Ronald Andreassend design and produce unique objects for the home. Inspiration is drawn from their Chinese and European origins whilst incorporating elements of Pacific culture and the New Zealand landscape to produce their range of designs. Ponsonby, Auckland.
Deanna Gracie
Strongly influenced by her natural surroundings Deanna’s miniature pieces of wearable art are both beautiful and unique. Each piece of jewellery is individually designed and crafted by Deanna at her home studio in Christchurch.
Fingers
Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery, Auckland.
Handshake
Handshake is a mentoring project involving emerging jewellers from New Zealand.
Jessica McCormack
Fine diamond jewellery, based in London.
Peter Deckers
Fingers Gallery
Peter Deckers
Masterworks Gallery
Mountain Jade
Mountain Jade are are experts in hand crafting jade jewellery and sculpture (aka greenstone / pounamu) and have done so for three generations. They have sought out jade in the wilds of Canada and remote Sayan mountains of Siberia, the dangerous country of Yemen, arid deserts of Australia and lush wilderness of New Zealand’s South island
Ringleader
Contemporary jewellery from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Kamaka Pottery, Hastings
Anagama Wood Fired Pottery, by Bruce & Estelle Martin. The site includes a video of a firing.
Kauri. Ancient Kauri Kingdom. A Kauri workshop.
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Mosaics
Janet Keen
Janet Keen creates and teaches mosaics from her studio in Rotorua. She also runs classes for those wanting to learn acrylic, water colour, and mixed media painting.
Made in New Zealand
New Zealand hand-made gifts.
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Native Agent, Kingsland, Auckland
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Objectspace
Objectspace, located in Auckland New Zealand, is a dedicated and award winning centre for innovative craft and design. Exhibitions and publications.
Opshop
Modernist design and its history in New Zealand. A delve into our collective past, this project combines the concepts of the opportunity shop and optical art (op art) as its basis.
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Pottery/New Zealand potters and pottery
Barry Brickell
Driving Creek Railways Pottery, Coromandel.
Campbell Hegan
Contemporary New Zealand ceramics by Campbell Hegan.
Ande Barrett-Hegan
Contemporary New Zealand ceramics and paintings by Ande Barret-Hegam.
Auckland Studio Potters
The Auckland Studio Potteers Society offers teaching, studio and firing facilities, support, friendship and fun.
Kamaka Pottery, Hastings
Anagama Wood Fired Pottery, by Bruce & Estelle Martin. The site includes a video of a firing.
Morris and James, Matakana, Auckland
Individually hand-crafted pots, wall art and sculptural pieces.
Nelson pottery, ceramics by Peter Stewart.
New Zealand Pottery Forum
A friendly community of enthusiasts for Crown Lynn, Titian, NZ Studio Pottery, NZ Potters Marks and NZ Commercial Pottery.
New Zealand Ceramics
NZ Potters Inc represents hundreds of New Zealand potters and ceramic artists.
Nelson Pottery Supplies
Pottery materials and handmade pottery from Nelson and the West Coast regions.
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Raos, Peter. Peter Raos, glass artist, Devonport, Auckland
Robinson, Ann. Ann Robinson, glass-maker.
Glass bowls and glass sculpture casted using the lost-wax process.
Textiles
Jane Denton Textile Art and Design
Ingrid Anderson
Ingrid Anderson designs and produces a range of designer textiles & products, printed & sewn in New Zealand.
Vida Organic, Fair Trade Textiles
Vida Textiles was founded in 2008 by Celestina Sumby, who saw a serious need for safe organic and sustainable fabrics.
Tuatara Design Store and Gallery, Whangarei
Weaving, furniture, homeware, art works.
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Wines. New Zealand Wines and Wineries
A guide to New Zealand’s wine regions and the very best of New Zealand wines and wineries.
Cuisine/New Zealand Cuisine
New Zealand cuisine, Wikipedia entry.
Wines of New Zealand
A guide to the very best New Zealand wines and wineries