About Me

Like most people of my generation, my first introduction to woodturning was when I was still at school.  I experimented a bit in my late teens with a lathe powered by an electric drill but it was not until the middle 1980's before I began turning again.  As a production Manager in a large American electronics company, I found woodturning a creative distraction from my daily routine and, having moved from London to Suffolk, became a full time turner in 1990.

I started by selling my work at Craft Fairs but decided to operate from a fixed base and opened my first shop at Banham in Norfolk in 1994.  In 1998, I moved my base to Stonham Barns in Suffolk where I remained until the end of 2006.

It was in 1997 that I was approached about offering woodturning tuition and since then, I have taught several hundred people.  I realised that I no longer seemed to suffer from the problems that plagued me in my earlier experiences so I began to analyse what I was doing differently and these techniques form the basis of my teaching programs today.

It was also around this time that I became a regular contributor to "Woodturning" magazine where I have covered test reports, technical articles, techniques and projects over the years. I also served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain as editor of  'Revolutions', the AWGB newsletter.

I was invited to join the Professional Register of The Worshipful Company of Turners in 1994 and now serve as the Assessor for
the East Anglian region."

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