Chippendale News

It’s a drinks cabinet inspired by a line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. “The Kissing Cabinet” is the creation of Rachel Faulkner from Newcastle, who originally served in the Merchant Navy. During the course, she has not only shown enormous artistic talent, but the woodworking skills to turn imagination into reality. Her last project was […]

It’s a drinks cabinet that packs a monumental punch. It’s the stunning creation of Matthew Hayward, who has lived in London, Somerset and the Scottish Highlands. Matthew, who also studied computer sciences at the University of Edinburgh, enjoyed a career in hospitality before enrolling at the Chippendale school. During that period, he worked in some

Grant Anderson originally from Zimbabwe is a professional course student who has pushed the boundaries of design complexity. A previous piece was an oak coffee table, with nine strips of steam-bent oak per leg, set off with brass decoration at each end. It had five oak planks as its top, with breadboarded end-pieces held in

During his time at the Chippendale school, John Vaughan from the west of Ireland has blossomed into a highly-talented furniture designer. First it was his console table, with the drawer fronts in olive ash, the sides made from yew and the bottoms crafted from sycamore. Then came his mirror, a requirement of the course, that

It’s a drinks cabinet for displaying only your finest and oldest bottle of whisky. It’s the beautiful creation of Campbell Paterson from Grantown on Spey in the Scottish Highlands. Made from fumed oak, with sycamore veneer on the outside, it has flamed mahogany veneer on the inside. The cabinet is opened vertically with a three-leaf

It’s the last week of term, with our professional course students all set to graduate on Saturday. Guest of honour at the graduation will be Martin Whitfield MP, member of parliament for the East Lothian constituency. This week has seen our public exhibition and sale of work at Greyfriars Kirk in the heart of old