His bowls, goblets, platters and other turnings are made using Canadian and American woods primarily, especially maple. Pieces are finished with oil and buffed with carnuba or beeswax.

Jim is a member of the American Association of Woodturners, and is a founding member of the Calgary Woodturners Guild. He has attended workshops given by Richard Raffan and Mike Darlow from Australia, and Canadians Michael Hosaluk, Stephen Hogbin, and Jason Marlow. He teaches woodturning in Calgary, and has demonstrated at the Calgary Stampede, and at the IWCS annual meeting in Tacoma, Washington.

Three of his pieces were entered in the Instant Gallery at the 1999 Annual Symposium of the AAW in Tacoma, Washington. About 10% of the 500 plus pieces were selected for the critique, including one of Jim’s. Three pieces were in Exhibitions in 1999 and 2001, sponsored by the Southern Alberta Woodworking Society, of which Jim is a member. Three pieces were included in the Instant Gallery at the Provo, Utah Symposium in June 2002 and 2004. Jim has been awarded prizes in woodturning competitions held in Calgary and Edmonton in October 2000 and 2001. One of his pieces was selected for display at the G8 summit in Kananaskis in 2002.

Examples of his work are featured in the book 500 Wood Bowls published by Lark Books in 2004.