Chippendale News

We’re delighted to announce that one of our evening receptions in Edinburgh is being kindly supported by Turcan Connell, a leader in legal and tax advisory services. “We’re extremely grateful for this support, and from such a prestigious firm as Turcan Connell,” said Anselm Fraser, principal. The graduate exhibition and sale of work will take […]

When you want to teach furniture design, you take on the very best furniture designer. That’s why we’re so delighted to announce that the internationally-renowned Ben Dawson is joining the Chippendale team as Design Tutor. He will also have a secondary role supporting recent graduates who have set up in business in incubation space on

We’re delighted that Martin Whitfield MP is to be guest of honour at our professional course graduation next month. Martin was elected to the East Lothian constituency at the last election. We know he’ll be impressed by the great pieces of furniture that our students are busy completing. Just to remind you, the school’s annual

It’s the end of our annual gilding fortnight and our professional course students have made some wonderful stuff. Rachel Faulkner from Newcastle has once again shown herself to have very real artistic talent. She’s well into carving a pair of intertwined hands for her course mirror – a piece that all our students have to

The majority of professional course students during this gilding segment of the course choose to put their newly-acquired skills to finish their mirrors. Campbell Paterson from Grantown on Spey in the Scottish Highlands is no exception, and is completing a stunning mirror in white and yellow gold, and framed in fumed oak. Campbell spent ten

We recently told you about a Bauhaus-inspired desk made by Giuseppe Merlino from the north of Italy. He’s now completed another project, a sensuous floating-top coffee table in American oak. The light and simple structure of the table is held together with a combination of bridle and mortice and tenon joints. The table top has