Tom Smyth from Bristol has swapped life at The Community Farm in Chew Magna, Somerset for a different hands-on year as a professional furniture student. His previous job was working for an organic vegetable box scheme, making up boxes of fruit and vegetables and delivering them around the Bristol area. But, looking for a change, …
It’s always a pleasure to see what our intermediate students can design and make in just a month of tuition. But under the expert eye of Alan McGovern, who has over 30 years of woodworking experience and is the principal tutor on the course, everyone seems to excel in woodworking skill and design creativity. One …
Kent Turner, from Washington State, had been looking to make a career change into fine furniture design and making for several years. So we’re delighted that the former builder who lives on an island north of Seattle has taken the plunge and enrolled at the Chippendale school. Kent already knows a thing or two about …
Matthew McGlone, originally from Manchester but long-time resident of Scotland, is someone who has had a long-term fascination with wood. He’s also a literature lover, having a degree in English Literature from the University of St Andrews, and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling. At St Andrews, Matthew studied under the …
Stephen Barr, long resident in Edinburgh but originally from Northern Ireland, first came to the school on a one week introductory course. He’s now embarked on our professional course, with a view to setting up in business in West Lothian. Stephen previously had his own IT company employing more than 100 people, which he’s now …
It’s been a privilege to have had Isa Dorster from France at the school for the past two weeks, teaching our students the finer points of visualisation in 3D. The skill to first draw a piece of furniture and accurately measure its dimensions is a key element that all students have to master. Without the …
