Chippendale News

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

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

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

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

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