I select the wood I use based on its texture, colour, physical properties and how those qualities interact with the theme(s) of the series within which the piece falls. The actual techniques used in making the piece are relatively unimportant to me - it is the final outcome that is vital. I am self-taught and as a result have escaped the narrow technical confines that much of woodturning is held in.

The themes that run throughout my work tend to spend a long time in gestation - I may return to an idea first conceived some years before. The majority of my work is contained within these various series. I enjoy the rigours of working within these set motifs - they force me to be more thoughtful about the work and allow me to fully explore the concepts that are the baseline for the series. I continue to enjoy incorporating a variety of new and unusual materials into my work - and the inevitable consequential challenge of confronting traditional opinions of woodturning.

I am currently working on 4 different progressions - Gardens, Elementals, River Bends, and the Horizons of my Youth series, as well as a number of one-off pieces. I use these one-off pieces as a proving ground for future series. Most of my work is rooted in the natural world and humankinds interaction with it (- indeed, usually its complementary interaction with it) after all we are as much a part of nature as trees, rivers, grass or a blue sky. And so my work echoes these patterns found all around each of us - whether natural or man-made.