Aged 21 with no formal training or drawing skills just a vision in my head, I completed the build of a shepherds hut. As a personal project, this was done outside of working hours, in my spare time during evenings and weekends. I even ended up living in the sheperds hut for 18 months! I’ve since gone on to build a second shepherd hut which I use as a bar for private events.

Coming back from Australia in 2020 due to COVID-19, I’ve been self-employed, doing primarily carpentry work, as well as assisting Arthur Lynch, a green oak timber framer. I also worked for environmentalist and sustainability expert, Julia Hailes, on her welding project. I carried out a wide variety of tasks and took over the project management. This included creating an egg-shaped door for the chicken run, building a wavy pontoon, creating a marsh-land wooden track (Sweet track), designing and making a state-of-the-art insect house.