​I'm from a council estate in Essex, I studied Fine Art in Hull and when I first got there I built a boat from driftwood to try to escape. The boat failed but I ended up making a whole series of vehicles in a similar vein. The way he makes things has a deliberate “knocked up in the garden shed” aesthetic and each vehicle and escape attempt has its own story attached. Over the years I have retold and refined these stories as both artist and teacher.Now i'm back on the same council estate working in my dads garden shed.