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I have always been interested in woodworking ever since I was a little boy ‘helping’ my dad in the garage holding bits of wood whilst he cut things. Generally making a nuisance of myself whilst watching and learning. As I became an adult, I have always been a keen DIY’er, and greatly enjoyed practical work. I followed this through my career as a research chemist formulating products to be printed, whilst generally preferring practical work to written work, that being said I also enjoyed analysing data. I studied through day release completing Lower TEC and Higher TEC qualifications in physical sciences and then obtained my degree through the Royal Society of Chemistry.

In 2016 I was involved in a very serious bicycle accident where I sustained many injuries, I broke my pelvis damaged both leg and shoulder, sustained 3 skull fractures and worst of all sustained a brain injury. Suffice it to say that it had a devastating impact on my life. I was able to work just about, but after 2 years and about 20% of the time off work through various hospital appointments and illnesses as a result of the accident, it was mutually agreed that I should accept a redundancy.

I spent a lot of time playing memory games to try to improve my memory, but I also spent a long time sitting watching television. After a while my wife suggested that I bought a lathe and took up woodturning, after a bit of persuasion I thought that this was a good idea and started researching what I would need to accomplish this. After purchasing the lathe, I watched many videos on how to correctly use the tools. Unfortunately, my memory was so poor that every time that I wanted to go and do some turning, I had to relearn how to use the tools, this was very frustrating, but I persevered.

Craftsmanship and Passion