I have built cabinets and furniture for the past 30 years. For most of that time I operated my own workshop doing custom work of my own design or in collaboration with architects and designers.

From the beginning I have been influenced by the beauty and simpicity of traditional Japanese woodworking, the subtlety and economy of mid-20th century Scandinavian designers and by the renaissance of craft based furniture building that has occured over my lifetime.

Lately I have started in a new direction, designing and building prototypes intended for limited or mass production. To do this I am having learn to think, work and, indeed, to see my work in a very different way. Each iteration is more a stage in a process than an end in itself, which is quite freeing. However each operation in the construction has to make sense from a production point of view, which is quite challenging for me.

In this new work I have focused on working with organic and flowing shapes. Perhaps ironically it has been my exploration of computer modeling and CNC machining that has encouraged me to take this direction.

Since 2000 I have been employed at the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia as a technician and teacher.