NOTE: The meeting starts at 6:30 PM In-Person and via Zoom
Social Time begins at 6:30 pm
The Guild will be presenting Christian Burchard. The topic is Wood Sculpting.
About Christian: Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1955, Christian has been living in the United States since 1978. Starting out as a furniture maker’s apprentice in Germany in the middle seventies, he studied sculpture and drawing at the Museum School in Boston and at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver BC. In 1982 he opened Cold Mountain Studio in Southern Oregon and has since exhibited widely throughout the US. His pieces are part of many public and private collections. His current work includes wall sculptures, musical instruments and freestanding sculptural objects.
Christian Burchard
Information about the Zoom link will be sent to Guild members before the meetings.
In-person meetings are held at the Mountain Green Clubhouse, Lacey WA.
The address for our meeting location is: 5280 55th Lane SE, Lacey 98503
Click the blue button below for directions to the Mountain Green Clubhouse.
Hard and somewhat sad that we are well past midsummer and easing ever so steadily into the Northwest autumn. But of course, the cooler weather has many benefits and the season is glorious in its own ways. Our aim for our last summer meeting is to prepare you for that extra woodshop time we hope you can find. The leaves can wait.
The August meeting will feature a member symposium; that is, a collection of topics presented by guild members. Our agenda includes the following topics and presenters:
Terry Liberty – Dovetail Joint Demonstration
Hathan Gullickson – Sharpening (Bring out your tools!)
Bill Cogswell – Router Basics
Ron Fuller – Tuning a bandsaw
The details of the August meeting follow:
Where: Arbutus Folk School Woodshop; 610 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA 98501
Downtown Olympia, next to Olympia Coffee Roasters and across the street from City Hall. Street parking is free after 5:00 pm.
When: Monday, August 27th, 2018. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm and ends around 9:00 pm.
Who: The Olympia Woodworkers Guild.
Also: Bring your show and tell items and any woodworking questions for the meeting.
Our next meeting will NOT be held at Arbutus Folk School.
The meeting will be held in Rainier Washington. Our speaker is Bruno Hergevieux of Normandie Woodworks.
The address is:
10915 128th Ave SE
Rainier, Wa98576
Map directions are here. It is about a thirty-minute drive from downtown Olympia. We encourage you to carpool due to limited parking. We also ask that you bring your own chair (and an extra perhaps?). No show and tell at this meeting due to the time constraint of being out of town.
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Bruno Hervieux is the master woodworker behind Normandie Woodworks. A native of France, Bruno learned his trade in the Compagnons du Devoir, a French guild of craftsmen and artisans dating from the Middle Ages. After completing three years of technical schooling, Bruno spent seven years in an apprenticeship program traveling the country to study with the masters of his trade. Upon finishing his tour with the Compagnon, Bruno moved to New York City, where he spent the next ten years working in different shops for some of the most prestigious designers and architects in the world. He then moved to the Northwest where he spent another ten years working in the Yacht industry, captivated by the design challenges it has to offer. A lifetime of experience has provided Bruno with an incomparable level of expertise. This, coupled with his passion and dedication to his trade, has made him a true master of his craft.
Normandie Woodworks also includes Bruno’s wife and partner Shannon Hervieux. Shannon studied art at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and now works alongside Bruno to create furniture in straw marquetry.
Bruno Hervieux is the master woodworker behind Normandie Woodworks. A native of France, Bruno learned his trade in the Compagnons du Devoir, a French guild of craftsmen and artisans dating from the Middle Ages. After completing three years of technical schooling, Bruno spent seven years in an apprenticeship program traveling the country to study with the masters of his trade. Upon finishing his tour with the Compagnon, Bruno moved to New York City, where he spent the next ten years working in different shops for some of the most prestigious designers and architects in the world. He then moved to the Northwest where he spent another ten years working in the Yacht industry, captivated by the design challenges it has to offer. A lifetime of experience has provided Bruno with an incomparable level of expertise. This, coupled with his passion and dedication to his trade, has made him a true master of his craft.