Canadian student, Andrew Brassington, has recently been awarded ‘Student of The Year 2015’ at The Chippendale International School of Furniture. During his year on our full-time furniture course, Andrew proved himself to have many special talents in the world of woodworking and furniture making. Here you can see a demonstration of his woodcarving skills, including […]
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Everyone is welcome at our Exhibition Evenings which, at the end of the 2014/15 course, will be held at the School on the evenings of Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th June from 6pm to 8pm, with wine and strawberries being served. There will be an opportunity to view all of the stunning pieces of furniture
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Anselm Fraser, principal of the Chippendale School, offers some thoughts on the teaching process. It’s said that early Puritan settlers in America would deliberately incorporate a mistake into their quilts, called a humility square, since perfection would be an affront to God. It may well be a myth, but the same concept of random error
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It was a double celebration at the Chippendale School of Furniture last week as the school celebrated its 30th birthday, and one of its senior tutors celebrated thirty years at the school. Alan McGovern from Dunbar has worked at the school since it began life just outside Gifford in 1985. Alan was congratulated by school
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Annabelle Ewing MSP, Minister for Youth and Women’s Employment, visited the Chippendale International School of Furniture to see for herself how young Scots can forge successful careers as furniture designers, makers and restorers. The minister, who represents Mid Scotland and Fife, met Alice Holttum (35), Janie Morris (35) and Jo Meyer (42), all from Edinburgh,
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It was an advertisement that became an icon of pop culture, transforming a humble audio tape from Japanese electronics company Maxell into a global phenomenon. To a theme of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, a reclining man in a Le Corbusier chair is seen being blown backwards by the power of sound coming from speakers
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