NCWT NEWS • June, 2004

Guest Demonstrator
CHRIS STOTT

Chris Stott became a professional woodturner in 1982 and for around ten years, helped by his wife Cathy, he made his living by selling items at craft fairs and shows. Following this, teaching and demonstrating took over as the major part of his work. He made his first video in 1992, A Lesson With Chris Stott -TURNING BOXES. This was an almost instant success. Since then he has produced eight more in the series, and also one for the tool company Robert Sorby.

As an invited demonstrator, Chris has participated in international seminars on numerous occasions in England, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, and the USA. Chris has visited the USA every year since 1994, These visits have included demonstrations at 4 AAW Symposiums and 2 BYU events.

Chris has travelled to Guernsey in the Channel Islands, Ireland, France and Norway, and made seven trips to America, demonstrating, and conducting workshop sessions for woodturning groups and companies. He also travels regularly throughout England giving demonstrations, and is seen at many of the woodworking shows demonstrating his skills.

For many years he was a tutor at Craft Supplies (UK) and taught regularly at Adult Education centers. He was, for several years, the ‘official demonstrator’ and one of the woodturning judges for Woodworker Magazine at the Woodworker shows held at Alexandra Palace, and later at Sandown Park. Saturday classes held at Poolewood’s Nottingham shop were also conducted by him for some years.

As a writer, Chris has many varied articles, including machinery reviews and turning projects published in the major magazines.

He is a member of the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain, the American Association of Woodturners, and is on the register of Professional Turners with the Worshipful Company of Turners.

Because there is less pressure to produce large numbers of items, Chris can now concentrate more on the design aspect of his work, experimenting with new techniques, especially in the use of color and texture to emphasize the grain patterns in the wood,

His work has been featured in several prestigious exhibitions, including here at Rufford Craft Centre, Bonhams ‘Decorative Arts Today’ and ‘A Celebration of Craftsmanship’ in Cheltenham. Some of his work is displayed at the Dansel Gallery in Abbotsbury, Dorset and other examples are included in many private collections.

His Web site address is: http://www.cstott.fslife.co.uk/index.html