Born in Taiwan and raised in Scotland. He studied anagama firing and traditional Japanese ceramic techniques under Shigeji Nakazato in Shigaraki, Japan, and also trained in hand-building and wheel throwing in Taiwan. He now fires wood-kiln pottery at an anagama built on farmland in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, pursuing traditional forms that embody landscape, season, and the maker himself. His work is held in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.