Last week we held our sell-out Spring introductory course, and, for the second time running, it was split equally between men and women. That’s something we’re delighted with as we have for some time being championing for more women to take up woodworking. Indeed, twice in the past four years, women have been awarded our …
We’ve had best friends on our one-week introductory courses, and even a mother standing in for her son when he couldn’t take up his place. This week Ian and Patricia Brand from west London, both working in financial services, are the first husband and wife we’ve had on the course. Ian, having been given a set of woodworking tools …
For many years, the Chippendale school only offered a nine-month professional furniture design and making course, giving our students a pathway into a career in fine woodworking. More recently, we also introduced a one-week introductory course, providing students with a grounding in woodworking and, last year, a one-month intermediate course. Our one-month course has proved …
The average life-span of a sofa is 2,958 days, which is roughly eight years, and during its life will have about 782 people sitting on it. It’s also used for eating a meal on 13 times a month, which adds up to 1,261 meals over its lifetime. Hardly surprising that your sofa and other upholstered …
The last two weeks have all been about our professional course students learning the ancient skills of woodcarving, under the expert guidance of John White who is recognised nationally and internationally. Last week, John taught them all about the basic techniques of relief carving, which involves removing wood from a flat wood panel so that …
The Chippendale school is proud of the number of internationally-renowned experts we bring into the school each year to teach specific techniques such as woodcarving and veneering. This week we’re delighted to welcome another acclaimed woodworker, Michael Fortune RCA, who will join us for a week this November to teach our professional course students the …
