One of the great attractions of woodworking is that it’s something that dates back to the dawn of mankind. Techniques and design may have changed, but the instinctive urge to fashion beauty from wood hasn’t changed. Ever since humans first started to create places to live, they also began to make them into homes – …
To be a successful woodworker you need to have skill in abundance, and that’s what we teach on our professional course at the Chippendale school. We teach all the practical things about cutting and fashioning wood into beautiful furniture, and we teach all the skills that go along with that – from 3D design to …
Students on our professional course learn something new every day. That was true of last week, as in any week, with our students now having departed for the Christmas break. With the professional course only lasting 30 weeks, we have to cram in as much as we can into a relatively short period. Last week, …
Furniture making usually involves things like dovetails and band-saws, although it can sometimes mean handling the most delicate of paintbrushes. It usually happens when a broken piece of furniture needs a new section to be attached, or when its surface patina has been badly scuffed or chipped away. That’s when the delicate art of colour …
A student who graduated earlier this year is shortly to fashion new legs for a 2,000-year-old terracotta horse. Dr Phillip Prager from Luxembourg, a former assistant professor of aesthetics at the IT University in Copenhagen and a published expert on the nature of creative thinking, is a collector of the eclectic and unusual. The legless …
Graduates on our professional course leave the Chippendale school with all sorts of different ambitions for their futures. Some want to specialise in kitchen design and building, others want to concentrate on fine furniture, and others will see how their businesses develop. But a key focus for some students is furniture restoration, both because they …
