FRIDAY March 22, 2024 – Monthly Meeting and Laurent Niclot Demonstration
The March meeting will be on Friday March 22, 2024. The meeting will be an In-person Demonstration with Laurent Niclot at St. Michael's Woodshop. The meeting and demonstration will also be available via Zoom for members who are not attending in person. Zoom will open at 6:30 pm for informal discussions, and the meeting will begin at 7:00 (NOTE the time changes). Zoom information will be emailed to current FLWT members a few days in advance of the meeting.
Folks attending at St Michael's Woodshop should plan to arrive no earlier than 6:30, to ensure that the student program has finished for the day. Participants enter through the main entrance to sign in with building security.
Originally from Southern France, now living in Colorado Laurent has always loved wood. While working on a degree in woodworking and furniture design, he discovered woodturning and knew it was his passion. At age 20, he participated in the six-month long woodturning class at the Escoulen School in Aiguines, France with Jean-François Escoulen and Yann Marot. After the class, Laurent was hired and worked as the studio coordinator for 3 years. Today, he continues to make work and teach woodturning. His interests include traditional woodturning, texturing, coloring, multi-axis turning, carving and hollowing. He has taught his techniques around the world, including Belgium, France, Canada and the US. Laurent considers his work experimental, and his aim is to make pieces that are sculptural, decorative, and designed with a strong message or a story to tell.
Friday Evening - Miniature Hollow Forms: In this demo, we will be turning and hollowing several miniature hollow forms (varying in size and shape) using my signature Niclot Mini Hollowers. I will use different tools for the outside shape focusing on getting a nice cut. We will talk about how to gauge the thickness and I will give the audience the opportunity to choose from a variety of textures to add another element to the form.
In addition to the Friday Meeting demo, there are additional learning opportunities, including an all day Saturday demonstration, and two options for workshops on Sunday and Monday – see more information on those events here.
