Maker's bio

Since school my life has been split between the practical and the creative. I initially trained in photography and graphic design but earned most of my money in property maintainance and general building work until I was 40ish when I started making, renting and teaching people to make yurts. I had a reasonably successful business doing this for 18 years until I changed direction again to my current career, designing and making lighting and furniture from wood. I still like to teach and believe strongly that for almost everyone the path to learning a practical skill is through having a go and this is very much how my basic DIY and confidence with tools course is structured. This year I'm trying something new and I'm running some courses just for ladies.