About me
My love of woodturning started when I was around 8 years old. I remember being in my Uncle’s workshop, clamping a drill into a vice, with a small piece of wood in the chuck, sharpening a screwdriver on a grinder and turning finials...... you be please to know my methods have improved!
Ever since that day, I’ve been fascinated with wood. Wood is tactile. It smells good. It looks good. It feels good. It’s amazing what you can do with a beautifully grained piece of wood - turning it into masterpiece that can sit proudly in your home.
In 2010 I started to take my turning more seriously and undertook extensive formal training with world-renowned turners and in 2015 I decided to have a change of lifestyle and career from Civil Engineering to full-time Woodturner.
I opened a purpose built workshop and now, my greatest pleasure is keeping the craft of woodturning alive - both through my own projects and through teaching others how to turn, passing on my knowledge and enthusiasm.
I’m a fully qualified woodturner, I'm on the the Register of Professional Turners and I'm a qualified woodturning tutor, trained and certified by the AWGB, of which, I’m also the regional representative for Scotland. This means I’ve not only learnt the best woodturning techniques but also how to teach them.
I’ve always loved design, having an eye for what looks good and why, and I bring this to every woodturning project I do.
My work is varied, covering most styles of turning, from functional items such as bowls, platters and pens, to decorative and artwork including hollow forms, goblets, boxes and spiral work.
I enjoy working with texture, colour and sandblasting, sometimes combining some or all of these.
I've been fortunate enough to have pieces commended by the Worshipful Company of Turners, Wizardry in Wood Competition.
