For many years, the Chippendale school only offered a nine-month professional furniture design and making course, giving our students a pathway into a career in fine woodworking. More recently, we also introduced a one-week introductory course, providing students with a grounding in woodworking and, last year, a one-month intermediate course. Our one-month course has proved …
The average life-span of a sofa is 2,958 days, which is roughly eight years, and during its life will have about 782 people sitting on it. It’s also used for eating a meal on 13 times a month, which adds up to 1,261 meals over its lifetime. Hardly surprising that your sofa and other upholstered …
The last two weeks have all been about our professional course students learning the ancient skills of woodcarving, under the expert guidance of John White who is recognised nationally and internationally. Last week, John taught them all about the basic techniques of relief carving, which involves removing wood from a flat wood panel so that …
The Chippendale school is proud of the number of internationally-renowned experts we bring into the school each year to teach specific techniques such as woodcarving and veneering. This week we’re delighted to welcome another acclaimed woodworker, Michael Fortune RCA, who will join us for a week this November to teach our professional course students the …
It’s a question that gaming enthusiasts might ponder over: what’s the best and most convenient way to enjoy a drink while playing an uninterrupted hand of poker. The quirky answer is to buy one of Shane Elliot’s beautifully-crafted prohibition poker tables in Macassar Ebony, elm burr veneer and brushed antique brass. It’s a drinks and …
This week and next is all about woodcarving, taught by expert tutor John White. John, who is from the north west of England, runs John White Woodcarving, and is recognised nationally as a leading practitioner in this ancient craft. Indeed, the first woodcarvings date back to prehistoric times when wooden objects had a religious purpose. The …
