The passion to work creatively with wood is one that can take a few years to bubble to the surface. For Chris Daborn, originally from Surrey, it took several years while he worked in IT for a major public sector organisation in Norfolk. His speciality was geographic information systems which capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, …
It sometimes takes a while for people to find their vocation in life, and that’s true of Gianluca Caregnato, from near Milan in northern Italy. He originally studied agriculture at technical school because of his love of nature. But he’s also been passionate about woodworking, and slowly honing his skills as a keen hobbyist. He …
One of the great frustrations shared by all furniture design schools is that the option of fine furniture making is not a career option that schools tend to recommend to their pupils. That’s because it’s a career they don’t know much about because – and maybe all furniture schools are at fault here – we …
For the last couple of years, the school has attracted several students from India, and this year we welcome Rohit Heda, from the city of Belgaum in the Indian state of Karnataka. Rohit has a degree in commerce and was working in the family’s textile business before he enrolled at the Chippendale school. He saw …
The world can sometimes seem a very small place, particularly when it comes to people like Candace Roberts, one of our new students. Candace is from Trinidad and Tobago and good friends with another ex-Chippendale student from Trinidad and Tobago who graduated two years ago. Candace grew up in the Caribbean and studied interior decorating …
It’s the start of the new academic year and the school has a full complement of students from across the world – from the USA to India and, for the first time, a student from the Falkland Islands. As with any course, the best place to start is at the beginning and, as always, the …
