Christopher has had a lifelong fascination with bows and archery, and builds traditional wooden bows on Salt Spring Island using hand tools. He is a traditional bow hunter, and every bow that leaves the workshop is a fully functional weapon, built to be drawn, shot and hunted with rather than hung on a wall.

He splits and seasons all of his own staves, often leaving them for years before a bow is ever roughed out of them. His preferred material is Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia), increasingly scarce and, to his mind, one of the finest and most beautiful bow woods in the world. He also works with other local woods and selected imported woods, along with horn, rawhide, sinew and leather.

The name honours Oshosi, the orisha of the hunt and the forest: the archer who never misses. It is a reminder that a bow is older than almost everything we own, and that making one still asks for patience, attention and respect for the tree it came from.