"I started practising woodcarving the year before the pandemic, as a way to decompress and ease the stress of working as a musician/busker full-time.
After the pandemic, I took 6 months off and went on a long journey across the US, crafting and busking for donations, making up stories for my little characters as we travelled along.
Ultimately, I started teaching my first classes there. Once back in Scotland, I decided to put all that energy into building a community and bringing together ancient skills, tradition, creativity, innovation, mindfulness, well-being, storytelling, mental health, and more, all in one room, with just a little block of wood, a sharp knife, and a cup of tea or coffee.
Since 2022, I've been teaching classes, private and group, and hosting community workshops regularly, alongside working as a Craft tutor at Festivals like Knockengorroch, Solas, Scottish Hoolie, Vogrie Pogrie, along with making bespoke carvings for private clients, including sculpture work for a piece showcased at the Fringe Festival 2025.
Recently, I began incorporating my woodcraft and wellbeing practices in service to underprivileged and neurodivergent children and adults as a Key Worker specialising in craft for Midlothian Council (Art-Link & CLLE).
I am currently training as Lev 8 Forest School Leader and Outdoor Learning at the Newbattle Abbey College, graduating in September 2026, alongside training as a Woodcraft for Well-being Facilitator in March 2026. I aspire to bring Craft, Folk-Art, Education, Well-being, Therapy, Nature and Community all together, promoting (re)connection with Nature, developing practical and social skills, building a tool-box and perma-garden of practices that stand as the fundation for mental, physical, spiritual and social health, enforcing inclusivity and accessibility for everyone, regardless of any background, age, privilege or disadvantage."
