Jeff Menzies has been teaching visual arts and musical instrument making internationally for 20 years. He lives in Kingston Jamaica where he teaches drawing and creates his musical instruments with a strong focus in the Caribbean and West African roots of the banjo. Jeff practices instrument as an art form and shares his academic research, fieldwork and years of experience constructing instruments with his students in order to provide them with a foundational language that will enable each student to form their own modes of expression as an instrument maker. Jeff produces musical instruments on a commission basis as well as for museums and art galleries worldwide.