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I started turning wood as a creative pastime in the mid-90s whilst living and working in the field of International Development in East Africa and South Asia. My motivation at the time .. I’ve always loved working with wood, and woodturning provided an ideal way to de-stress after an intense day of meetings and travel. Directing a razor sharp tool into a chunk of irregular wood rotating at speed requires ALL of your attention!

It’s doubly rewarding when you can get to know and learn from local artists and crafts persons and share with others something unique that you have created.

I’m now UK-based, in a wonderful rural setting close to Abergavenny. I still have some involvement in the field of International Development but the Turning/Woodart now takes the more significant proportion of my time as I’ve engaged with exhibitions, galleries, and more recently in training and supporting others. I am accredited as a tutor by the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain (AWGB) and am an active member of the Forest of Dean and Herefordshire woodturning clubs.

Turning is the foundation to all of my pieces but over the years I have developed skills in a range of other techniques and materials to enhance and build on the initial turned item. I’m lucky to have access to locally sourced woods of unusual character and colour. Sometimes this is enough in its own right, sometimes I may add carved and pierced features, apply texturing, scorching and pyrography techniques, stains and acrylics to achieve a final piece of “woodart”.