Next Meeting is Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
our Featured Speaker is Andrew hunter
NOTE: Meeting starts at 6 PM via Zoom
Social Time begins at 5:30 pm
The Guild will be presenting Andrew Hunter. The topic is Japanese Tools and a Shop Tour.
Our featured speaker is Andrew Hunter. Note that our meeting begins one hour early as the speaker resides in the eastern time zone.
Andrew is a custom furniture maker working and living in New York’s Hudson Valley. Best known for his use of traditional Japanese hand tools, his work is diverse, with styles ranging from Classical Chinese furniture to the simple pine furniture of New England where he grew up.
As a self-taught woodworker, Andrew offers a unique perspective to other Americans exploring Eastern woodworking. His workshops demonstrate that by understanding the fundamental principles behind other cultures’ tools and techniques all woodworkers can benefit. A frequent contributor to Fine Woodworking magazine, he is eager to share what he has learned in his twenty-five years of making furniture.
- Information about the Zoom link will be sent to Guild members prior to the meetings.
- The meeting starts at 5:30 PM.
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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.