dartmoor creative woodturning
Newton Abbot
From my workshop within the Dartmoor National Park I create decorative,
functional and architectural turned work. I have been a professional woodworker
for over 50 years, 46 of them self-employed. I am on the Register of
Professional Turners, who are supported by the Worshipful Company of Turners. I
also offer tuition in my fully-equipped workshop to individuals and small
groups, and give demonstrations at craft events and to woodturning clubs and
interested groups. Combining uncomplicated, balanced form with natural features
- as well as the effects of fungal and insect activity - I find that the most
unlikely looking pieces of wood produce the most striking end results. My work
essentially celebrates the imperfections of wood as features of a beautiful
natural material, rather than as defects. The timber I use is sourced as locally
as possible to my Dartmoor workshop. The majority of wood comes from trees that
have fallen, been cut down due to damage or disease, or from licensed
conservation pruning and felling. Any exotic species used will be either
recycled or from sustainable FSC sources. I also take commissions for
commemorative and presentation pieces, such as weddings, engagements,
anniversaries, birthdays, and also funerary urns.
