Peter started turning wood as a creative pastime in the mid-90s whilst living and working in the field of International Development in East Africa and South Asia. His motivation at the time .. he’s always loved working with wood, and woodturning provided an ideal way to de-stress after an intense day of meetings and travel, Directing a razor sharp tool into a chunk of irregular wood rotating at speed requires ALL of your attention !!.
It’s doubly rewarding when you can get to know local artists and crafts persons, and create interesting pieces in a relatively short period, even more so when you can give to others something unique that you have made.
Peter is now UK-based, in a wonderful rural setting close to the Monmouth. He still works in the field of International Development but the Woodart has taken a more significant proportion of his time as he has engaged with exhibitions, galleries, and more recently in training and supporting others.
Woodturning is the foundation to all of his pieces but over the years he has developed skills in a range of other techniques and materials to enhance and build on the initial turned item. Peter considers himself lucky to have access to locally sourced woods of unusual character and colour. Sometimes this is enough in its own right, sometimes he may add carved and pierced features, apply texturing, scorching and pyrography techniques, stains and acrylics to achieve the final piece of “woodart”. Peter has been a member of the Black Mountain Circle since May 2023. He is involved in two local woodturning clubs (Hereford and Forest of Dean) and has recently formalized his training activities by being approved as a Tutor by the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain
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