Heather Jones from Los Angeles came on our professional course with some furniture design experience, but no woodworking skills. She was previously an art director and graphic designer, and one of her hobbies was designing furniture. She decided that it was time to acquire the necessary skills to turn her visual designs into completed realities. …
This week sees sixth formers in England finding out their A Level results. For some, that means getting into their university of choice. For many others, it means accepting a place at a second or third choice university. And for those with poorer results, it means not going to university at all. But we’d like …
Oli Juliusson from Hafnarfjardur in Iceland was a fisherman for ten years, before deciding on a change of career. Oli first came across the Chippendale school on the internet and says that it seemed “authentic and real.” The pieces that Oli made during his year with us all pay homage to the hard lives experienced …
A very small number of places remain for our professional course which starts in October. And for students coming to us from outside the UK, that’s very good news. Because the UK pound is weak due to Brexit uncertainty, our fees have become almost 10% cheaper for some overseas nationals. But there are other good …
It’s been a great year at the Chippendale school, with our professional course students making some wonderful pieces. Over the next few weeks we’ll take a look at some of the best of the best. First up is Rachel Faulkner from Newcastle whose previous career was in the Merchant Navy. Rachel demonstrated a very real …
Anselm Fraser, the school’s principal, writing in The Woodworker magazine A common mistake that many woodworkers make is to spend too much time trying to create originality. The fact is that originality is over-rated. Instead, the advice I give to my woodworking students is to simply follow their instincts, and see where it takes them. …
