My signature products are personalised maps printed on wooden boards and silver birch slices. Using beautifully detailed map data I make genuinely unique, bespoke pieces that commemorate a special place and time for my customers.

I began making my Wooden Prints in 2011, the first of which featured family trees. The inspiration behind these first experimental pieces was my parents who had spent hours and hours researching our family tree. However, my interest soon turned to maps and a fascination with the aesthetic of maps and the way that they can capture a place and a moment in time. The maps I make for my customers all use contemporary data so represent 'now'. However, in 25-50 years time these Wooden Prints be will be seen to represent a time that is past, thus becoming a 'vintage' map.

A word about my name: I'm often asked why my shop is called Northern Logic - this came about as I was looking through a dictionary for inspiration. The terms 'true north' and 'magnetic north' are fairly well known and understood, but there is also a lesser known 'logical north' - which is where you think north should be. I liked this concept as I am Northern through and through, so I swapped the phrase round and decided it would make a suitable name for my shop.

As well as selling on Etsy since 2012 I have sold my Wooden Prints at many local craft fairs, I also have another online UK marketplace shop which generates the majority of my sales. I am proud to be a member of Etsy Manchester and enjoy attending their social events.