I started carving in the 1950s. There was no internet, no You Tube, no carving magazines in the UK, and no classes. The only book my local library could find on the subject was by E. J, Tangerman,. As a 10 year old, I found Tangerman hard going, so I taught myself. I was not told how to carve, what can be carved and more importantly what cannot be carved. I have worked out most of the how and what, but am still exploring the what cannot, so everything out there is still a possible.
For most of my life I have been a professional but part-time woodcarver / sculptor, earning my living as a civil servant and lately as a computer consultant. In 1995, I made a break and started on the road to taking a B.A. in Fine Art. It was an exciting road especially the 6 months I spent as an exchange student at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. There I met American carvers and joined in with their club activities.
Since 2000, I have been actively carving for profit. I worked out that selling through shops and galleries was not for me. There are too many quite acceptable carvings in the market, produced south and east of Cairo by people living on a dollar a day , and selling at a price I cannot compete with. The public see these low priced goods and underprice all other carvings, so I work on commissions only. I do however work on my own pieces, and that is where I experiment with new ideas and techniques
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