Try these for some interesting stuff.

http://patourneur.free.fr/index.htm His home page. Check out his "studio"
and the size of the stuff he turns. Also, the two steady rests and the
reverse turning jig.

http://patourneur.free.fr/liens.htm His links to a bunch of French
turners.

http://perso.orange.fr/artournage/index.html One of them.

TomNie