About
I have enjoyed woodworking
as a creative interest for over 30 years, producing
primarily furniture. But in 2000 I was introduced to
woodturning on the lathe. Imagine, suddenly being
able to sculpt in wood; shaping intuitively, not
bound by the limits of conventional carpentry. In
2006, I left an engineering career and I now focus
entirely on woodturning and the artistic freedom it
gives me.
I create my works
using a woodturning lathe and carving chisels to
shape wood into both traditional ornamental and
free-form wood objects. People ask me what I make
with my lathe and I reply, “Sawdust”. Woodturning is
a totally subtractive process using hand tools to
cut away the spinning wood; no backing up, no second
guessing a cut. What was once a section of log
becomes a vessel, a bowl, or an abstract piece.
I
strive to produce work that is tactile and inviting. There
is a certain satisfaction watching someone who can’t resist
picking up a piece of my work to study it. |
