Items of furniture made by our 2015 graduates are now on show at Gayfield Creative Spaces, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3NT. This Exhibition runs until 6pm on Wednesday 1st July. Please pop in for a look around. There’s so much to see, talk about and to be inspired by!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Last week our students began learning about woodcarving with visiting master craftsman Charlie Oldham. Within the wide age range of students, some exciting talent is already beginning to emerge, with some of our students showing a natural skill for the fine art of woodcarving. Andrew Brassington, a young student with us from Canada, chose to carve a large …
