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 […]
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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
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Last week we were privileged to have Scott Grove at the school. Scott is a world-renowned artist and craftsman, whose work is part of, among others, the permanent collections of the Hunter Museum of American Art, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York. Scott is a genuinely multi-talented artist who continues to pioneer
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Two weeks ago we formally launched our one-month intermediate course, aimed at keen woodworkers who want to advance their skills. We now have our first student, Eion Gibbs from the north of Scotland, who is already feeling a growing passion for woodworking and who might sometime enrol in our professional course. Eion is learning his
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The school this week celebrated Burns Night, to commemorate the life and work of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns. Some forty staff, students and guests watched as the haggis was piped in by Jonny Fowle, a whisky expert who runs Wandering Whisky, who also read the Address to a Haggis and gave a masterclass in
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