The Unfine Woodworker: Sculpture, Woodworking, Writing

I completed a Ph.D to do with computer image processing and neural nets in 1970. I continued this for a few more years in CSIRO, Canberra. I left research to focus on meditation, yoga, and tai chi. These resulted in a large number of poems, stories and plays. Around 1990, I began picture framing for my wife, Judith. When I began cutting strange patterns in the mat board, I realised that I needed my own hands-on creative outlet.

From picture framing, I moved into woodwork. From mat cutting, I moved into glass cutting. I used to make small cabinets and large mirrors combining wood and stained glass. Ocassionally, I venture into ceramics and paper mache. Nowadays, I mainly make wooden automata. These are moving sculptures that one might expect from a person with a Ph.D in A.I. My work has won a few small awards or has been a finalist in a number of local competitions. In 2017, the Innovation Centre at the Sunshine Coast University selected one of my fish automata for a commemoration.

Many of my stories in the horror and fantasy genre have been published. In 2010, I even won the Weekender competition for romance stories.