Kia Ora. Welcome.

As a sculptor and jeweller I have been working for many years refining a language in shape and form that reflects my deep connection to the natural world.  Our relationship to it is at the heart of all my enquiries and my work is a reflection on the spiritual connection humans have to all of ecology.

My work demonstrates the development of this language through the mediums of wood, stone
and precious metals. 

I am available for commission work.  Please email me with enquiries.

For more than a decade I have also shared my love of making things by hand. There is a slowing down and reconnection to self that happens in this process that is something that really resonates for my students. I conduct both in person and online carving workshops via zoom which have been very well received.

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Along way from done, but I can feel this one.... #woodcarving #progress #mobius #huonpine
I very rarely get to make anything so practical as a chair. Soooo, I'm super excited to be making a mid century one with Stuart @illawarra_woodwork_school this April ( 15th to the 19th ). There's a couple of spots in the class available so come and
Just chipping away. #fish #woodcarving #möbius #huonpine
There's some fishy business getting around this studio. The scale of it has me a bit concerned.... but I'm not gillable as these fish might think.... Yup, too many dad jokes. #woodcarving #fish #dadjokesarebad
Walk slowly and bow often. Mary Oliver
I've been playing with the möbius form for a while now. Different materials, different start points and alike. I've got an online course starting at the end ( 25th ) of March if you like to learn the processes. Link to my website in the bio, or
I used to try to be a very technical drawer. Labouring over design for hours. These last few years though, I've fallen into scribbling. Just letting the lines go and chasing them along. It feels more direct to the form. More emotionally tangible? The
A while back I made a collection of coloured pencils from the branches around my studio. I would tell visiting youngins that I watered the trees with different coloured cordials, and that created the pencils/branches centre. Ofcourse this is not the