I am fortunate to live in Cornwall, a beautiful county in the southwest of the UK.
My practice centres on  sculptural vessels and hollow forms made from local timber taken from dead or dying trees. My aim is to give material at the end of its natural life a renewed presence.

Originally trained as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, my work is rooted in an exploration of the relationship between interior and exterior; what we hold and process privately and what we re-present to the world. For me, the vessel form offers a tangible metaphor for emotional containment — particularly when that container is compromised, scarred, breached, or in need of repair.

Many pieces begin as quiet, intact forms which I then subject to stress — fire, freezing, bleaching, carving, texturing — allowing the material to respond. These interventions are investigative in that they test structure and meaning, asking what survives, what is lost, and what becomes visible when the container fails or is disrupted. They also touch on themes of resilience, reparation, and recovery.

Ultimately, I explore the tension between interior and exterior - how a vessel can hold, transform and reveal through what it encompasses, exposes, or releases. My hope is that these forms and the stories they tell are recognisable at a very human level and that they find a resonance in the people that encounter them. 

As a member of the Register of Professional Turners (RPT) and an approved tutor for the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain (AWGB), my practice also extends to teaching and demonstrating these processes and ideas with other makers.

 

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