Living on our organic farm in Warwickshire, I split my time between managing the farm and developing the different projects we have on the land here and working out of my workshop converted from one of the old farm buildings. I work with all kinds of wood, both sawn timber for furniture and joinery and in the round for roundwood timber framing buildings. Working with my hands is when I'm happiest, and none more so than when I'm carving wooden spoons and working with green wood.

I really love willow work and have done bits of basketmaking myself over the last 15 years, originally inspired by my mother Jane (who also makes the calico linings for the coffins) as she has been a lifelong basketmaker. I prepare the wooden coffin bases and lids for Caz to work from. In this collaboration, I am able to bring my work with sawn wood joinery to the coffin making process. Choosing from a range of local hardwoods such as Oak, Walnut, Field Maple, Sycamore and Ash, I can select wood for the coffin and urn lids that compliments the style and willow used, and helps to make each coffin completely unique.

I also handcarve the coffin toggles from hazel cut from our nut orchard here on the farm.