Gavin's fascination with trees and wood grew into a business when he moved to California. He made his main living working as a gardener, but started to craft furniture from driftwood as a sideline.
"You do your shopping at the beach, collecting materials from what's washed up. You're using what's already there and there's a certain satisfaction to that."
When Gavin returned to England, he wanted to continue working with the natural environment. Thinking back to his mum's bonsai, an idea begun to form,
"If a bonsai grew into a chair shape, why not other furniture? Why couldn't I grow a whole field of it? There'd be no waste plus it'd be structurally stronger.