It may only be the start of Term Three for our professional course students, but we’d like to make sure that you put this year’s exhibition and Open Day dates in your diary. As always, our students are making some fantastic pieces of furniture that we know you’ll enjoy seeing. The week of exhibition and …
It’s a political debate that has been both electrifying and utterly tedious. Should the UK leave the EU with a deal, without a deal, or not leave at all? Stephen Barr, who first came to the school on a one-week introductory course, is turning the debate into a talking-point piece of furniture. It’s a very …
It may look like a tatty old garden seat, but it’s the template for a very special memorial. Last month, one of the Chippendale school’s longest-standing members of staff died. Isobel Edgar (pictured below), the school’s student welfare officer, had worked with the Chippendale team for 25 years, and passed away following a stroke. This …
Rachel Faulkner from Newcastle continues to demonstrate considerable artistic talent, and is busy carving a pair of intertwined hands into lime for her professional course mirror – something that all our students have to make. She’s already completed a sycamore and elm bench, with two drawers and two cabinets, with three images of her dog …
Today we meet Gary Staple, who graduated in 2014, and who owns and runs his own business Gary Staple Fine Woodworking in Nova Scotia. His first bit of advice to new woodworkers is to keep their overheads low. “The first few years will be the most difficult and high overheads can sink a new company. …
It’s the time of year when many people begin to think about obtaining a new qualification or changing career. If that’s you, and you’ve always fancied a future in fine furniture design and making, do remember that our final Early Bird offer ends at the end of April. As in previous years, we do encourage …
