John Vaughan comes from the West of Ireland and always had a keen interest in woodworking. But a busy job as a hotelier left little spare time for his hobby. The time was right for a change and he came to the school to develop his skills and learn how to make beautiful things out of …
It’s often said that you can’t run before you learn to walk, and that’s absolutely true for fine furniture design. The first basic skill that our students need to acquire is the delicate art of being able to accurately visualise their ideas and express them in 3D drawings. As in previous years, we’re therefore delighted …
We already have student registrations for the class of 2019/20, who have planned well ahead and taken advantage of our Early Bird discount scheme. If you’re thinking about enrolling at the school, it’s a £1,250 offer too good to miss – but it expires at the end of November. The Chippendale school is not only …
Steve Tripp from Minnesota is a former IT consultant who worked all over the USA, north to south and coast to coast. His journey to the Chippendale school has taken four years to plan, from moving to a smaller home, and his wife enrolling into Queen Margaret University just outside Edinburgh to complete a Masters …
Most students with furniture design experience usually also have some basic woodworking skills. Not so Heather Jones from Los Angeles who was an art director and graphic designer, and who therefore already has the visual and artistic skills to design her own pieces. It’s a creativity she has further developed over the years as one …
Rachel Faulkner from Newcastle comes to us having served in the Merchant Navy. She allowed her artistic and practical side take over and is now retraining as a professional woodworker. While she has no formal experience in furniture design and woodworking she has tried her hand at pyrography and built simple pieces of furniture including …
