Gavin Brunton makes one-off wooden bowls and platters from New Zealand native timbers, and his studio and bowl gallery are on Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Many of the bowls start as storm-damaged trees or wood he finds on the forest floor, and he keeps as much of the tree's natural shape and grain as he can. He turns the wood on a lathe, and the bowls are sold as functional art. Brunton was a professional photographer before he returned to woodworking, and he lives and works at Poplar Bay, reached by boat only.
The gallery is open to visitors on Kawau, and the work can also be bought online. New work is released two or three times a year, and people can sign up on the website to hear when it arrives. Prices are shown in New Zealand dollars.