Artists come out for Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail

Guest artist Mandy Wood of Dargaville with a stained glass work called Big Bang on display at the Bay of Islands Golf Club, one of seven shared venues on this year's Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail.

A record 66 artists took part in Labour Weekend's fifth annual Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail (Koast), a chance for the public to peek inside working art studios and meet the artists on their own turf. Art forms in this year's trail included sculpture, jewellery, multi-media, painting, photography, ceramics, fibre, printing, glass, weaving and woodwork. Photos by Peter de Graaf.

Art, surfing and beer came together when artist Monika Welch displayed her painted surfboards at Phat House Brewery in Waipapa as part of the Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail.

Carver Allan Gale of Waimamaku with Ms Anatomical Drawers, carved from kauri, bone and goat horn. Each facial feature - lips, eyes, ears, nose, etc - is also a drawer.

Makareta Jahnke of the Kaikohekohe Weavers gives her daughter Ngataitangirua Hita, 9, some weaving tips at Rewa's Village.

Ngawhakamoemiti Hita, 5, weaves a bracelet at the Kaikohekohe Weavers' display at Rewa's Village in Kerikeri.

Kerikeri carver Hugh McKechnie with a carved totara fencepost and, in the background, a kauri and rimu carving called Mana.

Taupo Bay sisters Prairie, 15, and Aura Herk, 13, try on hats woven by their mother Lah Herk at a stop on the Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail.

Eight-year-old Leah Shrubshall of Kerikeri tries on a hat by Taupo Bay weaver Lah Herk (at front right), along with a whole bunch of Koast visitors.