| TWG April Meeting Jim Lorriman |
| Ray started the meeting with Show and Tell |
| I have worked with the concentric ring lamination technique for almost twenty years. It has allowed me to explore areas where other woodturners cannot or will not go. It has lead me to recycling and minimizing waste while also discovering the intriguing stories of the wood's other lives. I have made pieces from dockwood, window frames, stair treads, railing spindles, sentimental woods, cottages, boats and timbers from old factories, piers and barns. My sense of history creates an aura of wonder as I work with such wood. I try to infuse the story into the design and presentation of the work. Laminating and recycling took me to firewood and on to sticks. Sticks of many different trees are readily available. Sticks that have been on the ground for several years start to spalt and have interesting patterns. Woods such as lilac, juniper, grapevine and sumac are considered as bushes or scrub by others. To me they are local exotics. They produce fascinating colours and almost impossible designs. These “stick bowls” have become my signature pieces |
Born in Toronto in 1947, Jim Lorriman has pursued woodworking from a young age. For the past
ten years he has been applying his skills full-time as a self-taught woodturner in his Mulmur Hills
studio near Mansfield, Ontario.
His first profession as a woodworker involved making cabinets in a shop where he had several
employees. After developing serious allergies to wood dust he involved himself in non-wood
related enterprises from the mid-eighties to early nineties. During this time he developed
Tapestry maps with John Haines, sat on the Board for the Georgian Triangle Economic
Development Corporation and owned a die-cut puzzle operation.
Jim has been a very active member of the arts community in Mulmur, having founded the
Headwaters Arts Festival in the Hills, sitting on the Board of the Headwaters Country Tourism
Association, working with the Dufferin Arts Council and the South Simcoe Arts Council to
produce an Arts & Culture Guide and co-founding the Made of Wood Show. He has been an active
participant in many local art events, including the Headwaters Studios Tour and the Hidden
Treasures Discovery Bus Tour. He is represented in a number of galleries throughout Ontario and
shows at various venues such as the Ojibway Club Art Show near his Georgian Bay cottage. His
dedication to and love of his work is apparent in his commitment to the arts community and in the
careful craftsmanship of his pieces.
ten years he has been applying his skills full-time as a self-taught woodturner in his Mulmur Hills
studio near Mansfield, Ontario.
His first profession as a woodworker involved making cabinets in a shop where he had several
employees. After developing serious allergies to wood dust he involved himself in non-wood
related enterprises from the mid-eighties to early nineties. During this time he developed
Tapestry maps with John Haines, sat on the Board for the Georgian Triangle Economic
Development Corporation and owned a die-cut puzzle operation.
Jim has been a very active member of the arts community in Mulmur, having founded the
Headwaters Arts Festival in the Hills, sitting on the Board of the Headwaters Country Tourism
Association, working with the Dufferin Arts Council and the South Simcoe Arts Council to
produce an Arts & Culture Guide and co-founding the Made of Wood Show. He has been an active
participant in many local art events, including the Headwaters Studios Tour and the Hidden
Treasures Discovery Bus Tour. He is represented in a number of galleries throughout Ontario and
shows at various venues such as the Ojibway Club Art Show near his Georgian Bay cottage. His
dedication to and love of his work is apparent in his commitment to the arts community and in the
careful craftsmanship of his pieces.
| Jim Lorriman shows us his techniques for making "Stick Bowls" |
| Would you like to see a new Product I'm thinking of selling |
| Hold it now, "Invisible wood" This could be a big seller |
| Obviously it's a joke..... but if you want to buy some, Contact Ray next month and bring lots of money. It's going fast. Ha ha ha |
| Fun Photo Corner |
