Laurie Williams has been building instruments of indigenous timbers for over fifteen years in his one man workshop nestled between giant Kauri forests and the pristine beaches of New Zealand’s Far North. An upcoming documentary film The Song of the Kauri featuring Laurie’s use of kauri is due for international release in 2008.
▪ bio current as of 2008
2008
AL#95 p.67
Laurie Williams
▪ Kauri, the local name of Agathis Australis, is a wood endemic to New Zealand and is purchased mainly there.
1996
AL#46 p.47 BRB4 p.330
Carl Kaufmann Laurie Williams Nicholas Emery
▪ New Zealanders Laurie Williams and Nicholas Emery build innovative instruments for the homelanders, though export may be in their futures. They have access to wood varieties that most of us have never even heard of.