Anselm Fraser, principal, Chippendale International School of Furniture, writes in The Woodworker magazine. A first rule of furniture making is that you can’t make something until you’ve designed it. It’s why woodworkers, from novices to skilled craftspeople, should from time to time lay aside their chisels and practice their design skills. At the school, we …
Woodworking is a passion that many people have, but don’t immediately pursue as a career. Many of our students are people who have made the decision to leave their industry mid-career. They’ve taken the conventional route and gone from school to university and then into a humdrum world of work. Then, after years doing jobs …
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 …
