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There is a phrase I use quite often when talking about Mat: he’ll find a way. It probably sums him up better than almost anything else. Mat didn’t come to his work through art school or formal training. He struggled academically and has always learned differently. Give him something to read and follow step by step and he’ll probably lose interest. Give him a material, a machine, a problem to solve or an idea that might work, and he can disappear into the workshop for hours. A

A Shift in Direction For the past few years, my work has been shared under the name Why Not Wood. It started simply. A way to explore ideas, test materials, and make without overthinking it. The name reflected that—open, instinctive, and driven by curiosity more than direction. I’ve always worked intuitively. Not from a formal path, but through making—learning by doing, through repetition, mistakes, and persistence. Every technique, every process has been built over time in t