Those in search of a last-minute Christmas present may be interested in gifting a wee piece of woodturned Dunedin.
The Otago Woodturners’ Guild annual display and sale finishes today at 5.30pm.
Vice-president Jonathan Leichter said attendance and sales had been steady — a lot of locals had been through alongside cruise ship passengers.
“On a day-to-day basis, we’re having the best year we’ve had.”
Fifteen of the guild’s 50 members contributed nearly 2000 pieces to the show.
Mr Leichter said people wanted to gift meaningful, non-disposable items, some of which had the potential to be intergenerational.
Most pieces were bowls and platters made on lathes, but the show also included toys, clocks and cutting boards.
He used wood of pruned or felled trees in the Dunedin Botanic Garden in his work — the smallest pieces of wood were made into jewellery.
“It’s very local . . . they have a little mana to them because they’re from Dunedin, from the garden,” Mr Leichter said.
“They’re not just taking home a bowl or a platter. They’re taking home a piece of Dunedin. And it’s been very popular.”
The show is held in the Dunedin Community Gallery.
A portion of the proceeds will go to the New Zealand Heart Foundation.
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