I place importance on natural and sustainable building materials and encourage traditional building skills and crafts while exploring new products and techniques of building. I'm involved in all aspects of the design and build process, co-ordinating and managing to produce an efficient, cost effective and high quality end result for clients. I work sustainability in to my projects wherever I can and was delighted to serve as the Vice Chair for The Scottish Ecological Design Association 2 years.

I believe in the added value of training and teaching, and to this end I aim to encourage unskilled, or semi-skilled individuals or groups into getting their hands dirty and learning on the job. I also work with established trades to further their education and training into specialist areas. I was the co-founder and director of a community interest company called Building Together, which ran for four years, and I am now involved in the Princes Foundation’s Building Craft Programme, facilitating the Live Build portion of their programme. You can read more about this by visiting their website: https://princes-foundation.org/education/building-craft-programme

If you wish to work with me on a volunteer led project, I have the tools and experience to work with you to bring that project to fruition. Equally I can help setup organisations who wish to run their own construction projects with the right people, insurances, and health and safety procedures.

RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS

• I am a member of the Scottish Ecological Design Association and Earth Building UK. I have a BArch from the Glasgow School of Art; Mackintosh School of Architecture and a DipArch from the Graduate School of the Environment at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.

• I was a student on the Princes Foundation’s Building Craft Programme; studying towards an NVQ Level 3 in Heritage Skills in Woodworking Occupation, which increased my knowledge, skills and experience in joinery and timber framing, contributing to my traditional crafts skills.

• I worked on the set of Outlander Series 7 as a Junior Carpenter, initially taken on through funding made available by Screen Scotland. This position was initially for six months, but they hired me for the remainder of the year. It was really interesting to see how another industry operates.

• I am now a tutor on the Princes Foundation’s Building Craft Programme; I teach the Design portion of the programme and facilitate the Live Build - a combined project with all twelve students from various trades to create a structure usually situated somewhere on the Dumfries House Estate.