It’s not often that the school welcomes post-doctoral researchers in microbiology, but that’s the career that Giuseppe Merlino from near Milan was pursuing, and which illustrates the diversity of backgrounds of the school’s intake. After a degree from the University of Milan he worked for four years in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, researching environmental microbes.. …
Earlier this year, Fiona Gilfillan from Tranent in East Lothian became the second student on our month-long intermediate course which we only added to the curriculum this year. She’s long been a keen hobbyist, and first came to the Chippendale school two years ago on one of our one-week introductory courses. However, when she realised …
Oli Juliusson from Hafnarfjardur in Iceland was a fisherman for ten years, before deciding to swap the trawler’s net for a chisel. He fished the Icelandic waters for cod, herring and red fish, often away from home for up to 30 days. Oli first came across the school on the internet about six years ago …
Ruaraidh Stewart, originally from Aberdeenshire, is now successfully installed in incubation space at the school and has set up The Georgian Kitchen Company. Ruaraidh, who graduated earlier this year, was a student who displayed real enterprise, managing to combine his studies alongside making two monumental wardrobes for a customer in Edinburgh. Perhaps that sense of …
For some people, retirement means putting your feet up. Not so for Fiona Davis from Edinburgh, who is one of two new intermediate course students who started with us last week. Fiona, not long retired from a career in financial services, is not only learning new woodworking skills but is also learning Italian and brushing …
Anselm Fraser, principal All of us involved in woodworking, either as professional designers, makers or teachers, love the whole business of working with wood. But few of us bother to consider why we like woodworking so much. So I was intrigued by a book Flow: The Psychology of the Optimal Experience by University of Chicago …
