Joshua Godbert, from Herefordshire, is proving to be a highly accomplished designer who isn’t afraid to incorporate significant challenges into his pieces. He’s just finished a complex oak and yew cabinet, with spalted beech shelves and drawer, with an internal arch comprising several pieces of oak that had to precisely coopered for a perfect fit. […]
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Tom Fraser, deputy principal Everyone who teaches at the Chippendale school, or who passes through our doors as students, have an innate passion for the raw materials of our trade: wood. We respect the diversity of this most basic yet wonderful material, and it’s the reason why almost all the wood that we use is
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The Chippendale school was privileged this week to welcome over 30 members of the Scottish branch of the British Horological Institute (BHI). The BHI was formed in 1858 to promote horology in the UK and today provides education, standards and support to its 3,000 members around the world involved in making, repairing and servicing clocks
It’s usually a good idea to take your time over the design and creation of a piece of fine furniture. After all, nothing is worse than cutting a few corners to save time, and ending up with something that looks substandard. But sometimes, just occasionally, speed can be good, particularly when Vanessa Johnston from Seattle
John Grillo, a former business intelligence analyst from Denver, Colorado, is proving to be a highly creative designer whose use of negative space and clean, simple lines create a feeling of openness. A previous project was a beech writing desk which exemplifies that philosophy, owing much to the contemporary movement of the late 20th century, with a pared-back design to
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It’s been a year of anniversaries, from the 300th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Chippendale, after whom the school is named, to the 200th anniversary of the school’s main building, originally built as a farmhouse. The school is set within rolling countryside two miles away from our nearest town, Haddington, which is this year
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