The school’s second intermediate student, Fiona Gilfillan, graduated last Friday with an impressive portfolio of completed projects. During her month with us she restored three pieces of furniture and designed and made a beautiful ash and elm console table, complete with brass pillars and inlays. Fiona is a keen woodworking hobbyist who has a workshop …
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We hope that everybody had a great Easter, full of family get-togethers and lots of chocolate. But don’t forget that our Easter early bird is about to fly off. This discount gives you £750 off our professional course fees for 2018/19, but it only lasts until 30th April. To qualify, simply register with us before …
It’s a console table that now graces the hallway of Fiona Gilfillan’s home in East Lothian. Fiona is our second student on our new month-long intermediate course and, apart from her console table, has also restored another old piece of furniture and is completing the restoration of a third table. Fiona is a keen woodworking …
One of the great things about the Chippendale school is that we have incubation space into which graduates can move and set up their own businesses. It means that students can avoid the cost of buying machinery while negotiating the early months of self-employment. It’s a route that was taken by Ewan Ogilvie when he …
What do a graphic designer, sheep farmer and an architect have in common? On the face of it, not a lot, except for one thing. They’re the day jobs of just three of our students on our latest one-week introductory course. Darren Kirk from Essex is a graphic designer who is more used to creating …
This week we’re running one of our Chippendale school introductory courses, which are designed to give students an opportunity to try their hand at woodworking. Students on the one-week course are given an introduction to some basic techniques and skills, as well as learning how to make a small wooden upholstered stool and a lathe-turned …
