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. …
Honor Dalrymple, from East Lothian, has taken second place in our bedside cabinet competition, as chosen by the school’s teaching staff. Her four-leg pine cabinet veneered in rosewood, is a beautifully-constructed piece of furniture that perfectly balances form and function. It’s the first piece of furniture we ask all students to make during their first …
Peter Allen from south London is a retired psychologist and came on one of our one week introductory courses last year. Here’s his experience: “The Chippendale course was, for me, one of those ‘you get out what you put in’ opportunities. I think we all got there on time or early every morning and had …
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Four weeks may not be long but, with the right teacher, it’s amazing how much you can learn. Our first intermediate student, Eion Gibbs, used his month with us to learn the rudiments of woodworking and to design and make a hall table. His stylish table is made from spalted beech and the legs and …
Last week we were privileged to have Scott Grove at the school. Scott is a world-renowned artist and craftsman, whose work is part of, among others, the permanent collections of the Hunter Museum of American Art, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York. Scott is a genuinely multi-talented artist who continues to pioneer …
