The name Faroe Woodworks comes from Fårö Island, Sweden. I'm a massive film buff and some of the more interesting films to watch, er, "take in" are from the Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. He filmed several features on this remote island, fell in love with the landscape and the people; and moved there. He had several buildings on a large estate where he eventually filmed many more movies. The films are slow, minimal and stark but set within hauntingly beautiful scenery. "Persona" is amazing and that's the one that led me down the Fårö path.
It was actually the look of the homes as well as the amazing natural wood elements all within the interiors that stuck with me.
I would google "Ingmar Bergman Faroe Islands" funnily enough, before realizing that those Danish islands are indeed different than this elusive Swedish one. It was only fitting to bridge them together, as I typed Faroe over and over again, mining the images for carpentry inspiration and to look at such neatly designed and visually inviting homes. I would imagine myself sitting on a beautiful, comfortable handcrafted wooden chair in his library and read books off the shelves for hours with a piping hot cup of coffee with the steam rising and drifting. The rooms are simple, elegant and rustic, but with a refined and studied craftsmanship. The woodworking is not showy, the remote island reclusively dispels the look-at-me of more modern eras, the homes are understated and beautiful, both to live in and to frame visually in that cinematic magic of his.
So when I began visualizing my carpentry company and what we would stand for, look like, and be inspired by - Faroe - was all the direction I needed.
