Tom Dunne from Herefordshire is a gifted young student who shows that fine craftsmanship, a keen eye for design, and attention to detail can be acquired at any age. He was unsure what to do after leaving school, but a visit to the Chippendale school earlier last year convinced him that woodworking was the right …
At first glance it looks like the kind of safe that a bank would keep its money in overnight. But on closer inspection it turns out to be a not-so-safe wooden imitation that, with a turn of the opening handles, reveals itself to be a drinks cabinet. It’s the fantastic creation of Isaac Young from …
It’s difficult to define when something designed for a humble function transcends that purpose to become a work of art, but Archana Pai’s clarsach mirror has certainly made that transition. A former Internal auditor and chartered accountant, Archana wanted to make a piece that would celebrate her year in Scotland. Her mirror reflects the proportions …
Frank Kirwan is local to the school and enjoyed a career in finance before embarking on a professional course at the Chippendale school “to see if I could do it.” He certainly can, as the quality of his output has shown both woodworking skill and design talent. Not bad for someone with no previous real …
Matt Hanley is a former arboriculturist who brings an enormous respect for the raw material of the woodworking trade to his furniture designs. His two garden chairs reflect that philosophy of working with the natural form of the wood, rather than shaping or veneering it into something else. His single and double garden chairs are …
Most pieces of furniture have one obvious and entirely functional purpose to perform, so it’s always good to see a piece of furniture that doesn’t quite know what it is. Because if you fold up Roderick Groenewegen’s games table, made from mahogany with alder and American walnut veneers, it’s a stylish and beautiful console table …
