Metal sculpture is my retirement therapy after a clinical research career [PhD Anatomy]. My workshop is located at Injidup where I design and construct steel and kinetic sculptures. I like to make works that are tactile and that move either through human interaction or by wind. Although lacking a formal engineering training I delight in constructing complicated contraptions that arrest the eye and the imagination. Without a formal art or trade induction I have no rulebook to follow.. My approach is highly visual as I can conceptualise the finished 3D work before I begin. No project is too daunting; I'll give anything a go – from 3metre wingspan steel eagles to delicate gold-leaf Bonsai trees. The Japanese design aesthetic of 'elegant simplicity' serves to inspire me to emulate beautiful steel art forms using repurposed materials, or timber and rock from Injidup.