While this week has all been about learning the delicate skills involved in making a Windsor chair, our restoration business has also been busy. It’s a side of the Chippendale school that’s very important because it allows us to maintain a core of expertise within the school, and gives students hands-on experience in learning different […]
It’s a bench that’s been made by many hands and is now a fitting memorial to one of the Chippendale school’s longest-standing members of staff who died recently. Isobel Edgar, the school’s student welfare officer, had worked with the Chippendale team for 25 years. The Redwood bench is our way of paying tribute to her
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This week our school has been transformed into a house of Windsor. Or, putting it a different way, our professional course students are learning how to make a Windsor chair. They work in teams of four to make their chairs, under the expert guidance of Tom Thackray and Stephen Langton. Tom is a veteran of
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Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes, but the important thing is to recognise it when you see it. Tom Smyth took inspiration for his steam-bent oak garden bench from work he carried out on the roof of a listed 400-year-old timber framed barn in Hampshire. The roofing project might not seem similar to a
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
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