As a professional wood turner I earn my living from teaching, demonstrating, writing for GMC publications, producing decorative turned wood art and turning batches of spindles for furniture makers, cabinet makers, joiners and builders.

I have demonstrated at symposiums in South Africa and America as well as many clubs in the UK and Ireland. I also write for The Woodturning Magazine which is read in over 60 countries.

The routine and discipline of spindle work is rewarding; it allows me to think freely about ideas that may one day become finished pieces. Working on decorative pieces makes time irrelevant - the finished product has to be right if not it just becomes firewood. Production turning is very different where every minute counts.

The workshop below is where I work and teach. Someday's it's a studio other days I just call it my shed - it is my part of the world where I go to escape.