Wood We Create

Wood We Create is a wood turning gallery where the resident artist David Barden designs, creates and sells one off wood turned or carved creative, useable pieces.

Started in 2013 on the Coffs Coast before relocating to Walcha, the gallery specialises in the use of local and Australian timbers to individually create stock or custom-made pieces.

David has taken his interest from childhood, coupled it with precision trade skills, and using his creativity and passion produces high quality timber pieces, that will be enjoyed for generations.

David has been working with wood since the age of 10. Through high school he excelled in his ability in woodwork and upon leaving school, embarked on a career in Engineering Patternmaking. This trade involved making patterns and models with a high degree of accuracy, out of timber. After a number of years in the trade, the calling of creativity became too strong and David turned to woodturning professionally, making pieces creatively from wood with the expertise learnt from his trade.

Wood we Create Gallery, owned and run by David & Fiona Barden, is not only a place where high quality timber giftware can be purchased along with one-off artistic pieces, but is also a place to explore what is involved in woodturning and understand the stories of the locally sourced timber David uses.

“The unique part about us, is everything at Wood We Create is handcrafted using salvaged timber,” David said.

Creativity is a life-long adventure, where David uses inspiration drawn from the beauty of nature to create beautiful fine wood turned homewares, depending on these learnings to perfect elements of design. His passion extends past creativity to a principle of sharing skills and knowledge through lessons, and through capturing a client’s thoughts to create individual pieces.

“You are able to buy a gift for yourself or a friend knowing that the piece is unique to the gallery. If you can’t find what they are after we can often custom make to your desire.”

The gallery is open Monday to Friday between 10am and 3pm, and Saturday between 10am and 1pm, or by appointment.

The perfect place to find a special piece for yourself or someone special, we invite you to the stunning Walcha to visit and say g’day.

David can be contacted by phone 0412 085634 or through the web at www.woodwecreate.com.au