Building relationships with Wholesale Buyers
20/03/2025
Engaging with our client companies and selling at wholesale prices offers Ruru Artisans a powerful strategy for growth and sustainability.
Engaging with our client companies and selling at wholesale prices offers Ruru Artisans a powerful strategy for growth and sustainability.
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.
A handmade notebook stands as a timeless and cherished gift in a world dominated by digital screens and mass-produced items. It’s more than just a
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.
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.
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.
There is something meditatively satisfying when manually treadling a small letterpress, feeding in and removing individual sheets.
As any who run an older machine of any kind, there are challenges in keep them operational. So it was when we were about to start printing the Fennel series that instead of the satisfying whir of the inking drum motor, there was a single ominous click, then … nothing.
The Korrex Berlin Hand letterpress proofing press exemplifies German engineering. Made in the 1970’s at Max Simmel Maschinenfabrik, in Berlin, Germany, the Korrex press even now runs as smooth as silk.
It is always exciting making something work that was destined for the scrap heap. In this post, we test the now operational Pullan proofing press.
