Happy New Year to Everyone! We have welcomed in the new year with the first of our 2016 five-day Short Courses, which ran from 4th to 8th January. Seven students joined us and we were delighted by their enthusiasm and the way in which they embraced an opportunity to try out all sorts of woodworking skills and …
Simon McIntyre, a furniture restoration expert and owner of Downland Restoration in West Sussex, spent last week with our students introducing them to the fine art of furniture restoration. A wide selection of items were worked on, from a wooden frame for a dinner-gong to a revolving bookcase, drop-leaf tables and a varied selection of chairs. …
In the first of a series of articles on modern woodworking, Anselm Fraser, principal of the Chippendale International School of Furniture, looks at the 20th century greats, and offers an upbeat assessment for woodworking in the years ahead. As a furniture design school, our primary focus is to teach woodworking. It’s that fundamental skill that …
The dates for our four short ‘Experience Woodworking Courses’ in 2016 have now been set for the following dates: Monday 4th to Friday 8th January 2016 Monday 4th to Friday 8th April 2016 Monday 27th June to Friday 1st July 2016 and Monday 19th to Friday 23rd September 2016. We take a maximum of ten …
What to give as an ideal gift at Christmas time can be a tricky problem – especially when you want to give something very special, very different and very useful! But one of our five-day, short ‘Experience Courses’ could be the ideal answer – especially as our first ‘Experience Course’ in 2016 is running from …
Anselm Fraser, principal, Chippendale International School of Furniture “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9) It’s an apt quote for every furniture designer to remember because, while you may think that your innovative idea for a next-generation chair is …
