It’s always nice when newspapers or magazines come to visit, and this week we had Clare Trodden from Living magazine. It’s a wonderful lifestyle title from here in Scotland with a circulation of over 100,000, and we’re looking forward to the published article. While we do, of course, want to promote the school here and …
This week is week twelve of the 2018/19 professional course, and we’re already nearing the half-way mark. This week, the focus is on hinges and metal ageing, although students are also learning about, for example, gluing with a UV pen, domino accessories, hand-cut knuckle joints, and sanding mouldings. As always, it’s a busy week, particularly …
Once upon a time you had to be extremely fit to be a woodworker. In an age before modern woodworking equipment, furniture making involved a great deal of back-breaking physical activity. Nowadays, while every aspect of woodworking is much easier, it does still involve hard work – and that can lead to aches and pains. …
This week saw the start of Term Two for our professional course students, and marks a transition from mostly learning basic skills to designing and making their own pieces. It’ a challenging period because learning all the skills you need to be a professional woodworker in 30 weeks involves intensity and hard work. This term, …
In today’s throw-away world, it sometimes seems easier to chuck out the sofa when you change the colour of your living room walls. But it’s an attitude that’s changing, driven largely by a growing recognition that fine old furniture has an intrinsic quality that new furniture often doesn’t. But it’s also about the environment, and …
This term is when it all gets really interesting with our students now designing and making their first pieces of furniture. It’s the start of the creative fun, when students test themselves on how much they’ve learned and the skills they still have to practice. One student with something of a head start is Jacob …
