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New Zealand Timber Products became ours
from 15th November 2007 and it was John’s
experience with woodcraft that enabled us to buy New
Zealand Timber Products. Although Rimu is not native to
the UK, John has adapted his knowledge of European wood
to enable him to make the wooden photo albums and guest
books.
Rimu products are rare in the UK so our
first encounter of the Rimu albums was on one of
our holidays in the South Island of New Zealand. We saw
the photo albums and loved the heart Rimu’s beautiful
figured grain so bought a Rimu photo album for a
memento of our visit to New Zealand. We did not see the
Kauri photo albums or guest book till we came to live in
the North Island
Swamp Kauri photo albums and guest books
are a new venture for NZTP but we think they compliment
the Rimu albums admirably. We love the subtle tones of
Swamp Kauri and the way it changes when viewed in
different light, rather like a hologram. Both Rimu and
Kauri are hard woods but Kauri responds differently
during manufacturing than Rimu so with three different
sizes of albums and the landscape guest book there is
never a dull moment in our work shop when making the
wooden albums.
Producing the Rimu and Kauri albums is
only part of the process as we both derive much pleasure
in communicating with people, helping them to select a
suitable album for their special occasion. Also we can
often help with special requirements such as
personalised engraving and emblems. Even custom albums
are sometimes possible where a standard album is not
suitable.
We are very enthusiastic about the
Natural New Zealand bush and greatly enjoy walks in the
forest to see all the different trees and plants. We
don’t have bush in the UK so it’s good to know that
steps are being taken to preserve the remaining wild
landscape.
We admire the way the Maoris, used the
forest as their ‘supermarket’, and the tenacity of the
later settlers who travel half the way round the world
to get here. We intend to develop a series of new
emblems for special albums to commemorate these events
and the numerous uses of the plants and trees that go to
make up the bush
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