I was born amongst the wood shavings of my father’s workshop, and have been fashioning pieces of wood into functional items all of my adult life. This summer (2013) I have had opportunity to turn tree stumps cut on the farm and surrounding areas into wooden bowls, this collection is the culmination of that effort.

It was love that brought me from South Africa at the beginning of the year, but it was a desire to serve and the intuition of my feet that brought me to the Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, here in an atmosphere of trust and nurturing guidance I have been able to explore the local species of timbers and to create vessels from them,  I have set out to capture  the essence of a  fading country life , the bowls have been presented as functional pieces, the titles relate to a sense of longing for positive associations in an unsettling present , I am seeking an attitude of offering, hope and carving out sense of optimism perpetually affirming a faith in human goodness.

Thank you to Sybil, James and Bill and all the inspiring generous individuals at Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre ,I have been gloriously influenced by their gentle direction, the glimmer of their smile remains in every illuminated particle of floating sawdust.