It was once a common sight across much of the British countryside, allowing farmers to watch over their flocks by night, particularly during the lambing season. The humble shepherd’s hut has been brought back to life by the Chippendale school, with a permanent hut in Scottish Douglas Fir beside the school’s driveway and another recently […]
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When a piece of furniture grows old, unloved and a bit decrepit, the temptation is to throw it away and buy something new. That’s what happened to a 1920s mahogany side table that our second intermediate student Fiona Gilfillan found in an auction. Fiona, who lives locally to the Chippendale school and is a keen
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A professional course at the Chippendale school equips students who successfully graduate to set up in business as fully-qualified fine furniture designers and makers. We endeavour to give them every skill they may need in their future careers, including woodcarving. Our expert tutor who comes to the school every year is John White from the
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It’s a multi-functional and exquisite piece of furniture that, depending on your point of view, could be a settle, storage bench or monk’s bench. It’s been made by Charlie Camp, from Wellington in New Zealand, and is a beautiful creation in oak and ash. Charlie, who was born in the north-east of England and moved
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The Chippendale school has announced details of its new one-month intermediate course. The month-long intermediate course will primarily be taught by staff member Alan McGovern who has 33 years of woodworking experience. Alan is pictured (above right) with, Eion Gibbs, our first student on the course. You can read more about Eion here. The intermediate
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Fiona Gilfillan from Tranent in East Lothian is the second student on our month-long intermediate course. A keen woodworking hobbyist, Fiona fist came to the Chippendale school two years ago on one of our one-week introductory courses. A self-employed business change management consultant, Fiona is taking a short sabbatical from her consultancy work to take
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