Stephen Barr, long resident in Edinburgh but originally from Northern Ireland, first came to the school on a one week introductory course. He’s now embarked on our professional course, with a view to setting up in business in West Lothian. Stephen previously had his own IT company employing more than 100 people, which he’s now …
It’s been a privilege to have had Isa Dorster from France at the school for the past two weeks, teaching our students the finer points of visualisation in 3D. The skill to first draw a piece of furniture and accurately measure its dimensions is a key element that all students have to master. Without the …
Paul Hartman from Alberta, Canada comes to us with a great deal of woodworking and construction experience, having earned a national Red Seal carpentry qualification. Prior to that he studied Divinity at a Canadian seminary, although decided that his faith could best be practiced from outside the church. His decision to follow a carpentry career …
Many of our students are men and women who have decided on a change of career…to follow their real and creative passion for woodworking. But it’s always also nice to welcome a professional student onto the course who comes to us straight from school. Julius Schmalbach from Hamburg in Germany received no formal woodworking training …
John Vaughan comes from the West of Ireland and always had a keen interest in woodworking. But a busy job as a hotelier left little spare time for his hobby. The time was right for a change and he came to the school to develop his skills and learn how to make beautiful things out of …
It’s often said that you can’t run before you learn to walk, and that’s absolutely true for fine furniture design. The first basic skill that our students need to acquire is the delicate art of being able to accurately visualise their ideas and express them in 3D drawings. As in previous years, we’re therefore delighted …
