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the French association for artistic woodturning |
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"Woodwork" Ca, USA - October 2002 |
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"The Renaissance of French Turning" |
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photo by Terry Martin |
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Jean-François Escoulen demonstrating his eccentric turning technique |
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So many countries have rich and ancient woodturning heritages. From Japan to Morocco, from Russia to India - all around the world distinctive turning cultures have grown around the simple shared tool, the lathe. However, the contemporary turning movement is firmly rooted in various European traditions and, among these, it would be hard to find a more distinguished history of turning than in France. If Europe nurtured the turning which was reinvented in the New World as the trendy art of today, the French can claim much credit for its historical evolution. This fact has been less recognized than it should have been, largely because the contemporary expansion of woodturning has predominantly been driven by English-speaking countries. |
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