Barry Fitzpatrick
Barry's lifelong fascination with tools and machines began as an instrument maker and tradesman in engineering. A company-wide competition sparked his passion for woodworking — and he hasn't put the tools down since.
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Artists & Makers
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Liz Bowtell
Liz's unearthed sculptures are a collaboration between artist and salvaged wood, leaning into raw, natural detail. Each piece is handcrafted with free-flow carving techniques, making it truly one-of-a-kind.
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Eric Nanson
A versatile artist with over 45 years of experience across woodworking, metal art, ceramics and more. Eric immerses himself in different disciplines, choosing the most fitting medium for each creative vision.
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Alan Martin
A Wisconsin resident deeply immersed in the changing seasons and local wood species. Alan revitalises storm-damaged and fallen trees, transforming them into pieces that reflect the resilience and beauty of nature.
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Mykola Kulishov
Born in Ukraine and a PhD in Photonics, Mykola carves intricate bowls from single pieces of green wood. Inspired by photonics and nature, he explores lightness versus mass in gravity-defying sculptures.
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Sean Philips
Sean's carving mirrors his philosophy on life: guided by intuition and feel. He forgoes straight lines in favour of the unpredictable nature of salvaged green wood, letting each piece dictate its final form.
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Chris McKenzie
Born in the Australian outback, Macca developed an unwavering passion for nature. From age five he captured the world through line, colour and form — painting, drawing and sculpting its landscapes and creatures.
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Michelle Thevenot
A self-taught wood sculpture artist from Saskatchewan, Canada. Michelle transforms sustainably-sourced logs into one-of-a-kind sculptures, bringing carvings alive with colour, contrast and detail.
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Andy Buck
A furniture designer and educator, Andy discovered woodworking through an art class and never looked back. He earned a Master's from the Rhode Island School of Design and now teaches furniture design at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Anne Briggs
Raised around her grandfather's shop, Anne says she learned to wield a hammer before she could walk. A lifelong maker who loves working with her hands, she turns wood into pieces shaped by that early connection to the craft.
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Brendan Rawlings
Brendan started messing about in the garage until a driftwood gift for his brother-in-law went viral and brought a flood of commissions. He founded Zen Wood Design that week and has been carving coastal-inspired work ever since.
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Carl Jacobson
Carl learned woodworking at his grandfather's side and took up woodturning 25 years ago, never looking back. Now a full-time teacher and demonstrator, he and his wife Robin run the well-known Niles Bottle Stoppers.
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Claes Larsson
A traditional woodcarver, Claes creates by speaking his own truth rather than chasing what others might find beautiful. After years believing his work had to be 'pretty' to be good, he found the power in expressing it his own way.
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Ed Elliott
Introduced to woodworking by his godfather, who gifted him his first Arbortech Woodcarver blade, Ed went on to earn a BA(Hons) in Fine Art: Sculpture. His figurative work uses the human body as a direct way to communicate.
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Eric Spencley
Eric found his calling in a high-school woodshop he took almost by chance. With no formal training and just access to the tools, he made his first cut and knew straight away that he wanted to work with wood for the rest of his life.
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Erich Perkins
Erich Perkins is a woodworker and maker in the Arbortech community. Explore his gallery and read his story.
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Jason Weymouth
Jason got into woodworking to see if he could carve a spoon; it wasn't easy, so he kept practicing until it was. Drawing inspiration from everyday life and the pull of form and function, he has turned that persistence into his craft.
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Jimmy DiResta
A lifelong maker inspired by his father's home wood shop, Jimmy creates out of need: a tool, a household object, or the urge to learn something new. Power carving lets him get to the heart of a project fast, TURBOPlane in hand.
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John Malecki
A former pro football player, John taught himself woodworking in the offseason after deciding to build a table he wanted. A few years and a few tools later he was hooked, driven by a love of creating and working with his hands.
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Kathrina Nellis
Always hands-on, Kathrina discovered carving through her husband, woodworker Tracey Cheuvront, drawn to the idea that you need no template or plan to make something beautiful. Hand carving and lathe work became her creative escape.
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Kevin Inkster
The inventor behind Arbortech, Kevin dreams up his ideas tinkering in his shed. His very first wood-shaping blade was born when he wrapped leftover chainsaw chain around a disk on his grinder to carve chair seats faster.
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Lauren Wood
Lauren grew up building alongside her twin, fuelled by renovation shows and a love of the outdoors. Everything she makes follows an ethos of 'form versus function,' with a leaning toward objects that carry an unexpected, ornamental edge.
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Michael Alm
Michael grew up in his dad's basement workshop and fell for the bandsaw early. His sculptures draw on nature and natural history while his furniture nods to mid-century and industrial design, two sides he loves to bring together.
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Mike Stinnett
From a family of carpenters, Mike was handed a rotary carving tool as a child, so working with wood came naturally. Inspired by the beauty of the natural world, he turns to power carving as the fastest way to bring his creations to life.
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Nick St Amand
Nick St Amand is a woodworker and maker in the Arbortech community. Explore his gallery and read his story.
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Paul Jackman
Paul has loved building and taking things apart since childhood, cutting his teeth on scrap plywood his father rescued from job sites. Today he channels that mischief into sending chunks of tree through sharp blades every way he can.
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Pene Turner
Pene fell for woodworking at 13, captivated by the smells of timber, oil and varnish in her school's wood room. Years later she enrolled in furniture-making school and quickly proved she was capable of far more than the basics.
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Rob Woods
Rob fell into woodworking during the 2020 lockdown, building a mud kitchen for his young son from a couple of pallets. He was instantly hooked, and three years on runs his own bespoke furniture-making business.
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Ryan Cochrane
A former competitive paddler, Ryan grew up building with his dad and exploring the forest by kayak and canoe. When he retired from sport he threw himself into woodworking full time, letting the wood speak and guide each piece.
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Shane Christensen
Raised around his builder father's tools, Shane is a largely self-taught carver who has also learned from master carvers. Australia's native flora and fauna are the source of most of his inspiration and its natural beauty.
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Shayla Giroux
Trained in sculpture at university, Shayla broadened into woodworking through a cabinet-making shop. Now in the skilled trades, she carves to carry on the legacy of the father and grandfather who built their lives around the craft.
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Sylvain Gautier
A former graphic designer, Sylvain rediscovered the joy of working with his hands while travelling. At 33 he retrained as a cabinetmaker in France and taught himself woodcarving, bridging his design background with the craft.
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Tim Sway
A musician turned upcyclist, Tim first picked up tools to modify and build his own instruments. He thrives on the creative limits of salvaged material, making each idea fit the reclaimed wood on hand rather than the other way around.
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Tracey Cheuvront
Tracey came to woodworking almost by accident, romanced by the urban-salvaged timber he was burning to cut his carbon footprint. He builds each piece around the curves and grain already in the wood, making nearly everything one-of-a-kind.
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Vince Austin
Originally from the Lake District, England, Vince emigrated to Western Australia in 1994 where Perth has remained his home. An artist, inventor, musician, Vince’s creative genius is nothing short of incredible. He has a background in prop and model making in the film and TV industry. Most notably, he worked as a props maker on the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Winfried Engber
Winni (Werkelwinni) is a software developer and lifelong maker with a passion for woodworking. Since 2020, he has shared his handcrafted furniture, bowls, sculptures and creative projects online, inspiring others to create.
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