The Chippendale school is unique in offering its professional students a more holistic teaching experience in fine woodworking. That includes tuition in business and marketing skills and, for example, expert guidance on creating an attractive website. Indeed, one of our annual prizes for graduating students is a Best Portfolio award for the student who creates …
Our reputation for teaching excellence, and the quality of our learning environment, means that we often have students coming long distances to study with us. This year, our professional course had students from Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, USA, India, Singapore, Germany, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Falkland Islands – as well as far-flung parts of …
It’s always amazing what our one-month intermediate students can make, and we’re sure that Sarah Quick will be no exception. We introduced the intermediate course last year to fill a gap between our one-week introductory course and the intensive 30-week professional course. Sarah, from Midlothian, is a former development manager at the Scottish Rugby Union …
This award has been won by Darren Christie, a qualified zoologist from the Falkland Islands, for the quality of his marketing materials produced while on the course. His work included an elm and fumed oak jewellery box which he made for his wife, complete with brass hanging pegs for necklaces, and drawers for other items The …
This year saw a public vote at an exhibition of students’ work in Edinburgh, with Timothy Low from Singapore winning the inaugural Punters’ Prize. His signature piece was a funfair console-style cabinet, made from layers of bendy ply and sycamore, with a hand-carved little girl on its front who has lost her balloons. The multi-coloured …
Most pieces of furniture are designed for one purpose, so it’s always exciting when a beautifully-constructed piece has multi-functionality built into it. For Chris Daborn, originally from Surrey, it’s been to create a settle that doubles up as a table, a piece of functional art made from “cat’s paw” oak and sycamore. “Cat’s paw” oak, …
