Chippendale News

What do a graphic designer, sheep farmer and an architect have in common? On the face of it, not a lot, except for one thing.  They’re the day jobs of just three of our students on our latest one-week introductory course. Darren Kirk from Essex is a graphic designer who is more used to creating […]

This week we’re running one of our Chippendale school introductory courses, which are designed to give students an opportunity to try their hand at woodworking. Students on the one-week course are given an introduction to some basic techniques and skills, as well as learning how to make a small wooden upholstered stool and a lathe-turned

It was the year in which novelist Emily Brontë and philosopher Karl Marx were born, and the year in which Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published. It was also the year that words and music were put together to create the Christmas carol Silent Night, and also marks the USA/UK treaty that created a Canadian border

For the past two weeks we’ve been privileged to have at the school one of the country’s leading experts in woodcarving. When he’s not teaching, John White runs John White Woodcarving, and is a renowned authority in this age-old craft. While some aspects of woodcarving can now be handled with CAD and CNC technologies, nothing

We’d love to see you on our 2018/19 professional course, and help to turn your woodworking dream into a reality. We still have an Early Bird discount of £750 off course fees, but this great offer only lasts until 30th April…and once it’s gone, it’s gone. To qualify, simply register with us before the end

It promises to be a wonderful mantle clock that will complement other pieces of furniture that student Vanessa Johnston from Seattle is planning to make during her course. All her pieces, including the clock, are being made using wych elm and olive ash, two timber species that aren’t native to the USA. The case of