Chester Nicholls lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He began wood-turning and carving as a teenager, and continues to work with wood, metal, greenstone and, more recently, fibreglass. There is an aesthetic in the natural world that Chester tries to reflect in his work – patterns and forms that we relate to, because we too are from the natural world. A source of inspiration is the beauty of mathematics and the philosophy and phenomena of astrophysics. Reflecting on this in his art and design inspires awe and gives a sense of possibility and hope.