Matthew Patrick is a woodturner based in Cornwall, in the South West of the UK. He works mainly with local wood from dead or dying trees, working with the wood to give it new form.  Originally trained as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, he is particularly interested in the sculptural elements of turned pieces. This relates to his interest in the process of emotional containment and in the relationship between container and contained. Also in the resonance between external forms and more internal representations - in the sense of fit, in knowing that a line or shape feels in some way familiar, and in some way  just right.