My passion for working with wood is a long story.  In fact I started at a  very young age and this has continued throughout my. life.  Many twists and turns have occurred over the years.  These vary from designing and making furniture, antique restoration, boatbuilding and not the least woodturning.  I worked in the control and automation industry for most of my professional life so my private passions had to take a back seat.  I resumed my earlier activities with a fresh verve after I took retirement.  My primary focus now is woodturning.

My small workshop in rural Warwickshire was created out of two converted pig-sties.  Although modest in size it is reasonably well equipped.  My choice of lathe was determined in part by the fact that I am left handed.  As a result it was necessary to have a machine that had a rotating headstock.  The primary focus of my work these days is woodturning although I continue to make furniture, usually commissioned.