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Aroha Love Hand-Printed Gift Card

$8.00 GST incl.

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Pop Art Bottle Print in 3 Colours

$110.00 GST incl.

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Pop Art Bottle Print in 4 Colours

$110.00 GST incl.

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Mystical Ruru Print

$58.65 $63.54Price range: $58.65 through $63.54

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Sacred Kingfisher Kotare Handcrafted Print

$34.01 $57.99Price range: $34.01 through $57.99

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Kitchen Essentials – Kitchen Towel – Collect Moments Red

$23.00 GST incl.

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Latest Happenings

Building relationships with Wholesale Buyers

Engaging with our client companies and selling at wholesale prices offers Ruru Artisans a powerful strategy for growth and sustainability.

Ruru Artisans at the Old Packhouse Market in Kerikeri

Come see Ruru Artisans at The Old Packhouse Market in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, which represents the vibrant spirit of New Zealand's artisan community. This bustling market, held every Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday offers a unique blend of fresh produce, local crafts, and a vibrant atmosphere that attracts both locals and tourists alike.

Handmade Notebook: The Perfect Gift That Tells a Story

Hand painting onto prints

Sometimes we opt to add some colour to pieces by hand. In this case, the colours added are Windsor and Newton inks and highlight a small part of the pictures.

How we crease gift cards

We crease gift cards using the Squintani Model 5 treadle press. Each card is individually creased by hand and as you see in this short video, it is a quiet meditative process. Enjoy the video and take a little time out with the gentle roll, click, crunk of the treadle press.

Printing the Tui and Duck pieces

As we have been sorting out various mechanical and technical issues, printing the bird series has been delayed for seems like forever. But this week, we have take off! The first off the press are the large Tui and Duck prints, which sport one colour so far.

A little bit of fun

NOmagazine 42Below - 3 Colour Screen Print

Reworking Iconic Children’s Book, The Boy and the Taniwha

The Boy and the Taniwha: This reworked book design was exhibited at the Bodleian Library at the Oxford University, United Kingdom, and is catalogued in the feature publication Heroic Works, for the Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2017, edited by Jeanette Koch.