I am a traditional artist working mainly with wood. I design and make various pieces of furniture - which I hope will become warm meeting places and memories within the home, for hundreds of years. I use solid wood joinery and Kanna (the Japanese hand plane) to form and finish the surfaces. This best expresses the tree’s natural character and was learnt during an apprenticeship in 2016 under Tokunaga Toshio in Japan.

On return from this inspirational time I established Tatara Workshop near Bristol. Here I undertook diverse commissions and projects including custom furniture collections for private clients, the taproom at DEYA Brewery, the interior of Pophams Bakery, and a stand for a bell commissioned for the then Prince Charles’ 70th birthday.

In 2023 I undertook an MA at the Kings School of Traditional Arts, where I explored some of the visual and poetic language of the Insular Arts, and the culture of ancestral shrines, which both now form a central part of my practice.

My work continues to evolve, but is centred around the aspiration to find the voice of both material and meaning, within the everyday .