about
| A resident of Burnaby BC, I grew up near the Deer Lake area. Working with wood has been a part of my everyday life, since the early 1980’s. That’s when I started working as a hardwood floor tradesman. This is where I began to develop my wood working skills as an apprentice. On slow days, I was inspired to build wooden boxes from scrap cuttings of Oak flooring. After spending many hours reading magazines and books at the public library, I developed techniques for creating unique sculptural Band-saw boxes made out of highly figured woods. It was in 1994, when I purchased my first lathe, and started to learn the craft of turning wood from watching how-to videos and attending woodturning demonstrations at the annual woodworking show. I joined the Greater Vancouver Woodturner’s Guild at their first club meet in 1999, and I was a member there for 10 years. My turning skills accelerated through hands-on demos and watching demonstrators from around the world, showing off their turning techniques. |