I turn a wide variety of items both large and small mostly for fun, family, friends, and charity. I particularly enjoy creating pieces where the natural shape and textures of the wood drive the final form. The design often changes as the natural features of the wood emerge and can change again during the drying process. Pieces usually take many months to settle down into their final form. I also enjoy adding texture, carving, pyrography, and colour to my work when the piece seems to command it! Wood is a complex and variable material so each piece I make is unique.
I am chairman of Berkshire Woodturners Association, give regular turning demonstrations and have an active You Tube channel. And when time allows, I do an odd bit of woodturning teaching too.