Mostly, our one-month intermediate course students make wonderful pieces of furniture for themselves or for other two-legged members of their family. Not so Sarah Quick, from Midlothian near Edinburgh, who is close to completing a beech cabinet, complete with drawers and sliding doors, as a dog cage for her English pointer, Kobi. It’s shaping up …
We always like to innovate at the Chippendale school, and the creation of our one-month intermediate course earlier this year is a case in point. It’s proving to be more successful than we expected, with one current student, Mara Dreger, coming to us all the way from Sao Paulo in Brazil. As an international school, …
It’s that time of year when we may have to disappoint potential students who didn’t get their applications in quickly enough. Although we still have a couple of places for our professional 30-week course beginning in October, we urge anybody still thinking about it to contact us very soon – or face the disappointment of …
The Chippendale school is unique in offering its professional students a more holistic teaching experience in fine woodworking. That includes tuition in business and marketing skills and, for example, expert guidance on creating an attractive website. Indeed, one of our annual prizes for graduating students is a Best Portfolio award for the student who creates …
Our reputation for teaching excellence, and the quality of our learning environment, means that we often have students coming long distances to study with us. This year, our professional course had students from Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, USA, India, Singapore, Germany, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Falkland Islands – as well as far-flung parts of …
It’s always amazing what our one-month intermediate students can make, and we’re sure that Sarah Quick will be no exception. We introduced the intermediate course last year to fill a gap between our one-week introductory course and the intensive 30-week professional course. Sarah, from Midlothian, is a former development manager at the Scottish Rugby Union …
