Working in the theatre profession as a stage designer my fascination with old toys led me to explore the making of toys of my own designs - originally creating a piece only for myself and my wife. When seeing interest from collectors I started to make also few more examples for sale - and since 1980 fully concentrating on toy making - occasionally collaborating with my wife Vera - an artist using paper as the main material for her creations - sculptural items, cartonnages , flats, and collages.

Before the advent of machines, presses, lithograph printing, etc. - manufacturing methods we take today for granted - toys where made entirely by hand as a cottage industry or in small workshops. - According to many world experts in the toy collecting field I am possibly the only one and unique toymaker working in this field using 19th century hands on techniques and methods of the pre-factory machine age to create handmade tinplate toys

The toys I produce in my studio may be inspired from the Golden age of toys of yesteryear - however all are of my own original designs and crafted entirely by hand using only basic hand tools, hand painted with quality enamels, while boats are painted with rust resisting paints.

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