Mt Field 2 was created with my love and interest in Wilderness. Its wild places both inspire and humble me. I like the tension that is created between wilderness and man-made landscapes. There is a boundary here between the safe, familiar and the uncontrolled

Made in Tasmania from Tasmanian Oak and Blackwood. 1900 x 650 x 450mm (2016)

The Bennetts chair was inspired by the early colonialists in Tasmania.

Made from coopered Blackwood, stained Tasmanian Eucalyptus and wallaby skins. (2016)

Mt Field was a commissioned TV cabinet. The brief was to create a storage unit for the clients TV and HIFI equipment that could be hidden when not being used.

Made from Tasmanian Eucalyptus and Blackwood. The doors open and slide back down the sides. (2014)

Hoop Pine Plywood and Celery Top Pine. 1800(L) x 650(H) x 450(D)mm

1500(H) x 450(W) x 900(L)mm Hoop Pine Plywood and Blackwood

Tasmanian Eucalyptus and Blackwood. 1400(L) x 500(D) x 650(H)mm

Hoop Pine Plywood, Celery Top Pine, non toxic paint. 1300(H) x 600(W) x 450(D)mm

This chaise was inspired by ants and their attraction to sugar (namely bottled fruit). The leather upholstery was created to replicate the way fruit is arranged in glass jars.

Hoop Pine Plywood, Stainless Steel and leather. 2001

Jimmy chair was created for an exhibition that celebrated the Tasmanian chair maker from the 1890’s Jimmy Possum who was known for his unique style of joinery and use of readily made materials.

Recycled blackwood timber and copper (hot water tank). 2104

Table made from Blackwood and stainless steel. The light source uses an LED. 

The hobby Hoppy is designed to go on the end of a broom stick (a modern day hobby horse). Let the kids do the sweeping for you!

Wooden robots made from scrap timber and rare earth magnets

Sombra is the newest lamp to the touching space collection. For this Lamp I wanted to make it using the least amount of materials I could that were easy to assemble and disassemble (recycle if needed).Made from Steel and recycled Aluminium. My idea was to focus on the shadow (Sombra in Spanish) where the base became the shadow of the lamp. A play on the line between the physical and the metaphysical. What is the lamp and what is the shadow?

Table Lamp made from Spun Aluminium, Tasmanian Oak and powder coated steel.

Bill Lamp

Fame and fortune…

Bill was the last standing lamp I made which was sold all over Australia. I made approximately 200 Bill lamps and these are the last of them. Full disclosure: The timber components have not been made by me!

They have ended up in The Australia Pavilion in Venice (where we got to attend the opening!), Parliament House here in Hobart, Franklin Restaurant (RIP..), countless offices, restaurants, houses and Hotels.

I designed Bill for it’s aesthetics mostly. I like the way the base is joined to the Stem (an unlikely union) and the way the flex travels through the lamp, and after receiving feedback (simple is best in a commercial environment) about George and Ibis lamps, which had more moving parts I decided to try and simplify the design (although it isn’t simple!) for ease of transport and assembly.

 Shades come in a variety of house colours. 2000mm (h) x 500mm (w)

The Bill Lamps were commissioned for Franklin Restaurant in Hobart.

George is 2000(h) x 1000(w) mm. Shades are available in a variety of house colours. 

George followed on from Ibis in 2010 with the need to make a lamp that took up less space. George has similar aesthetics to Ibis, flex that weaves in and out though the timber, steel base for stability and small replaceable timber components (separation for ease of assembly and recycling (if ever needing!) was important to me).

Ibis was inspired by Balance. Cranes that fly and cranes that move. Made from Tasmanian Eucalyptus and Powder coated steel. 2200-1600mm High, 1500-900mm wide. Recyclable and replaceable.

Hand blown glass. LED lighting and carved timber 200mm x 250mm

Hand blown Marini Glass, LED lighting and hand carved timber

Hoop Pine Plywood. 600mm x 450mm

Vacuum formed acrylic Blackwood timber. 650mm x 600mm (removed from production)

Hoop pine plywood 600mm x 300mm

Hand blown glass and timber. I had to work very closely with the heritage architects for this commission. The lights had to be contemporary yet fit in with the heritage values of the building.

Hand blown glass and timber. 

Commission for Qantas Headquarters. I made 4 of these.The counter weights for were 5kgs each and the reach had to be just over 2m.

For this I was commissioned to design a Pop-up seating installation for Ten days on the Island and Hobart City Council. 

This commission was done in collaboration with artist Jonathan Partridge.

We wanted to make an art piece that gave a vision of belief, community and discovery to the students in Rosebery. Tree of life sits in a vast wilderness with an expansive sky. The tree is filled with a community/flock of birds from all walks of life representing families, individuals and collectives. Colours were chosen to represent change in season and change in life.

The birds are also a symbol of freedom. Only some of the birds were painted with the idea being that a few can stand out against many.. This was a bit of our metaphor for Rosebery, to give hope and inspiration.. The tree is gnarled and twisted representing the trials and triumphs of wisdom and growth.

I made this commission with Forrest Whitten an amazing saw miller, furniture maker and builder. We felled the trees, milled them and then carved the timber. At the end of this process our waste was enough to half fill a garbage bag. 

we asked 6-9 year olds to come up with some haiku poems about their interpretation of life which was then routed into the seats.

This is a commission done in collaboration with Forrest Whitten. This commission was designed to draw on the history of apple growing in the region

Blackwood, Stainless Steel, Huon Pine veneer and LED lighting

Tear drop Blackwood, Huon Pine veneer and LED lighting

Blackwood, Stainless Steel, Jarrah and Halogen lighting

coopered Myrtle, Chromed Brass, Anodised Aluminium, LED lighting

Blackwood and copper