Due to ill health, he retired from the building trade in 1999 and continued his involvement with timber when he started woodturning. He has been Turning full time ever since. He concentrates mainly on making lamps, bowls, candlesticks and wooden mushrooms.

Tunstyle craft products are created in the midlands of Ireland .

The inspiration for the pieces combines Ireland’s Christian and Celtic heritage.

The shape of the products incorporates the circle and the chalice, symbols of never ending life and natural cycle. The shape of the wood comes from working with the natural grains and lines of the wood

The craft has a strong ecological influence. All the wood is salvaged from either fallen trees or timber recycled from local building renovations. Thus, each piece of wood and hence each item is unique. The beech and elm are spalted giving them the dark lines that run through. The wood turning method used goes back to the origins of the craft. A simple lathe is used making each piece an individual art work .