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I feel lost when I’m not expressing the rush of ideas I have constantly in my head. I have always felt this way; as if something is coming through me and it is so strong and so urgent; creativity is an irresistible process for me.
Life hasn’t been easy and I’ve had to struggle at times, but this has been a shaping process; it has made me recognise what is really important in life and to honor both my ability to work with such an intense creative process and the capacity to capture and display the natural beauty of wood.
In the movie “Indecent Proposal” and when Woody Harrelson said, “Every brick wants to be something” – it struck me how true this is of wood as well. When it’s no longer being a tree it seems to just sit there waiting to be something else, and making a piece of furniture gives it that opportunity; it’s like uncovering its identity.
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When I meet with people who want to change their living spaces; maybe they want a special piece of furniture for a certain place in their home or they want a whole new living environment filled with the freshness that unique furniture pieces will bring; I am passionate about listening to who they are as people, as personalities and to what vision they have for their future living. These initial conversations about my designs and their spaces are very exciting for me; they are the time when my creative intelligence kicks in and I begin to get a real sense of what is possible for them in their lives, in terms of creating their individual blueprint and then their ideal environment.
Being creative at this level is what drives me and I am very focused in this process. It is essentially an inspirational response; an intuitive “rush” of ideas that work together and arrive at an ultimate solution to transform a space into a living expression of someone’s dream.
Creating powerful and unique environments filled with distinctive furniture is my life’s work – it is what I will leave behind for others to know me by.
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