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Roger is a specialist boxmaker with his work directed towards small, very detailed boxes
featuring ultra-precise joinery. Over the past 15 years he has refined his techniques for delicate hand-cut dovetails and super
accurate machine cut joinery. His approach is often from a metal-working rather than a
woodworking perspective. He is a self taught woodworker, starting with furniture in 1980 and rapidly progressing to
smaller, more detailed work. Three books by James Krenov were a major influence in this
change of direction. His earlier studies in maths and physics have no doubt played an important
role in the precision and care with which he approaches woodwork. Prizes include the National Woodwork Competition in 1993, and the Australian Wood Design
exhibition in 1994. Roger's work is often commssioned by state and federal governments as
official gifts, including two hoxes presented to Queen Elizabeth II. In 1993, he taught a small joinery course at the Institute of the Arts at the ANU. |