Chippendale News

Designing and making a piece of furniture sometimes only needs a few basic skills.  Sometimes, however, it can bring together a variety of skills. That’s the case with Timothy Low’s hallway table, which is bringing together skills in shaping wood, marquetry and woodcarving – on top of other cabinet making skills. Timothy, from Singapore, has […]

It’s a Scottish icon that’s been reinvented by the Chippendale school, although the words wood and kilt don’t immediately go together. However, that’s what Anselm Fraser, the school’s founder and principal, has done to help celebrate National Tartan Day. It’s an American celebration that was created in 1998, when the U.S. Senate declared April 6th

The school’s second intermediate student, Fiona Gilfillan, graduated last Friday with an impressive portfolio of completed projects. During her month with us she restored three pieces of furniture and designed and made a beautiful ash and elm console table, complete with brass pillars and inlays. Fiona is a keen woodworking hobbyist who has a workshop

We hope that everybody had a great Easter, full of family get-togethers and lots of chocolate. But don’t forget that our Easter early bird is about to fly off. This discount gives you £750 off our professional course fees for 2018/19, but it only lasts until 30th April. To qualify, simply register with us before

It’s a console table that now graces the hallway of Fiona Gilfillan’s home in East Lothian. Fiona is our second student on our new month-long intermediate course and, apart from her console table, has also restored another old piece of furniture and is completing the restoration of a third table. Fiona is a keen woodworking

One of the great things about the Chippendale school is that we have incubation space into which graduates can move and set up their own businesses. It means that students can avoid the cost of buying machinery while negotiating the early months of self-employment. It’s a route that was taken by Ewan Ogilvie when he