Here are some interesting links. The list is intentionally limited to sites I really enjoyed visiting.
Don't hesitate to broken links.

Woodturning, in French

• La Passion du Bois, aka "Wood Passion", a symposium whose next edition will happen in Grenoble, FR in April '05.
  Conferences / demonstrations and workshops about woodturning and wood in general.
  
  
• AFTAB. French Association for Artistic Woodturning.
  
  
• Jean-François Escoulen. An eccentric turner.
• Alain Mailland . Have a look at his turned/carved flowers and other pieces.
• Christophe Nancey. Mixing wood and metal.
  
  
• Seves Art et Nature: a woodturning gallery in Provence. Presents some artists profiles and pictures of their pieces.
  
  
• Robert Bosco's personal site. French turner. Original turnings, from chinese balls to segmented work, with also classical turning. Very nice work. Site in French, English and German.
  
  

Woodturning, in English

• Tribute to Tony Boase. Tony Boase was a famous English turner who died in 2002. He left a lot of part-turned bowls.
  This pieces have been distributed to famous woodturners all around the world, who finished them. The gallery of these objects in online.
  France had been represented by JF Escoulen, A Mailland, C Nancey, R Verchot.
• The Jane & Arthur Mason of the Mintmuseum. A virtual gallery to visit, with many pieces, and much more to see. A Must !
• Malcolm Tibbetts. Un Master in segmented turning. Great technical skills, but moreover many innovative ideas.
• Art Liestman: very original creations, have a look at his puzzling illusion...
• Michael Hampel and Liz Eggers. Great galleries.
  
  
• Brian Clifford. Turned objects gallery of course, but also plenty of tips and tricks, jigs and complete projects described step by step.
  (this site seems to be down currently)
  For beginners, don't miss the small video clips about basic shapes execution in spindle turning (bead, V, cove, ...).
• Herman de Vries. Termite's Master. Why ? Explanation on tools page...
• The Glendale Woodturners Guild. Especially interesting for the tips section. Grinding, finishing, tool making...
• Darell Feltmate. This site is very interesting, full of tips and projects. To be visited on a regular basis, as it is often updated.
• Alan Lacer's site. A master of the skew. No fancy gifs or colors on this site, but the articles section is worth visiting.
  
  
  
• The Woodturner forum in english. A goldmine to find information about a special wood (worth turning or not for example), or debate about finishing or drying techniques.
  Look into the archives.
• Another forum, Woodcentral. (look in the turning messageboard). 100% turning.

Other sites about wood

• Often usefull: wood atlas. Wood names in french, german, english, latin. Other infos like density or durability.

Links on other subjects than wood

With a section about web site creation.



Last update: 20/02/2005.