Phil was born in Sydney, Australia in 1959. He is self-taught and started woodturning as a hobby in 1988. In 1994 he decided to turn his hobby into a career and has been turning full time since then. He is on the professional register of the Worshipful Company of Turners and is also a member of the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain, and the American Association of Woodturners.

He demonstrates and teaches nationally and abroad, including:



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