The Chippendale school is proud of our track record in helping to launch the careers of woodworkers from around the world. But we were surprised this year when one of our students, Archana Pai, told us that when she returned home she would be one of very few female furniture makers in India. That might …
Shane Elliot is a Chippendale school graduate who is creating “furniture in motion” – based on an original design used during the American prohibition era. His beautifully-constructed table, made from ebony maccassar, elm burr veneer and brushed antique brass, conceals a hidden interior compartment, a design developed in 1920s America when alcohol was banned. You …
Mara Dreger, a pediatrician from Sao Paulo in Brazil, has completed her one-month intermediate course with us and is now jetting back to Brazil. She’s a keen woodworking hobbyist who has now learned many new skills, and says that the course “was fantastic.” She particularly heaped praise on course tutor Alan McGovern, a skilled cabinet …
Chris Daborn is a new member of the Fine Furniture Guild, who has just set up in business in Norfolk. His company, 4th Dimension Furniture, will specialise “in the creation of beautiful, high quality pieces by mixing traditional skills, materials and techniques with modern innovations to give results that are truly unique. “Why 4th Dimension? …
In the second in a series of articles on modern woodworking, Anselm Fraser, principal of the Chippendale school looks at how to find inspiration. Inspiration is a fickle thing, in woodworking as in anything. Some days we search for it; other days it comes to us. For me, inspiration takes me back to my childhood …
Anselm Fraser, principal of the Chippendale school, is writing a series of weekly articles on how to succeed in fine furniture design and making. Here he outlines his philosophy of lifelong learning. Woodworking is a passion many of us share, whether as professional cabinetmakers or keen hobbyists. That’s why the Chippendale school has one-week introductory …
