Chippendale News

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 […]

This award has been won by Darren Christie, a qualified zoologist from the Falkland Islands, for the quality of his marketing materials produced while on the course. His work included an elm and fumed oak jewellery box which he made for his wife, complete with brass hanging pegs for necklaces, and drawers for other items The

This year saw a public vote at an exhibition of students’ work in Edinburgh, with Timothy Low from Singapore winning the inaugural Punters’ Prize. His signature piece was a funfair console-style cabinet, made from layers of bendy ply and sycamore, with a hand-carved little girl on its front who has lost her balloons.  The multi-coloured

Most pieces of furniture are designed for one purpose, so it’s always exciting when a beautifully-constructed piece has multi-functionality built into it. For Chris Daborn, originally from Surrey, it’s been to create a settle that doubles up as a table, a piece of functional art made from “cat’s paw” oak and sycamore. “Cat’s paw” oak,

Charlie Camp’s beech drinks cabinet, veneered with mahogany, satinwood and walnut, is a thing of functional purpose and great beauty. It combines elegance and a sense of light, with exterior and interior mirrors watergilded in 24 carat gold. It’s therefore a cabinet that demands to be noticed and which deserves to be the centre of

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