Last month we posted about a rocking chair that didn’t quite rock as expected, and that it sometimes takes a bit of skill and ingenuity to sort things out. That’s what happened to Italian student Gianluca Caregnato, whose ash rocking chair needed a design and fix solution to give it more weight and balance. It’s …
Peter Allen from south London is a retired psychologist and came on one of our one week introductory courses last year. Here’s his experience: “The Chippendale course was, for me, one of those ‘you get out what you put in’ opportunities. I think we all got there on time or early every morning and had …
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It looks a bit mad now, but we can’t wait to see the finished rocking chair. The “infinity chair” is a work in progress for Aberdeenshire-born Ruaraidh Stewart, a former soldier with the Black Watch (3 Scots). It’s so named because the back rest turns into the arm rest which then turns into the rocker …
Student Brian London, originally from North Carolina, has designed and made a Queen Anne-inspired table that will be a gift to his daughter. Brian, who now lives near Niort in France, had a long and distinguished career in law enforcement for the US government – underlining how fine woodworking is a skill that can be …
An enterprising woodworker is demonstrating that the future of furniture design may be about computers and 3D printing. Andrew Cockerill runs his business, Northern Woodwright Furniture, from incubation space at the Chippendale International School of Furniture, from which he graduated in 2017. The incubation units allow graduating students to set up in business on campus, …
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Four weeks may not be long but, with the right teacher, it’s amazing how much you can learn. Our first intermediate student, Eion Gibbs, used his month with us to learn the rudiments of woodworking and to design and make a hall table. His stylish table is made from spalted beech and the legs and …
