• Filipa’s love for wood is linked to memories with her carpenter father
• She recovers local scrap wood to make functional and decorative pieces
• She uses traditional techniques in non-conventional ways in her woodworking

Filipa Formigo’s deep connection to wood ties back to her childhood memories with her father's carpentry. She liked working with wood but never imagined opening her own workshop. “I studied conservation and restoration of movable cultural property. Initially I could not imagine picking up woodworking myself, as it is a very masculine field in my region,” Filipa says. However, when faced with unemployment, she found herself turning to wood. Today, Filipa makes unique handcrafted pieces from recovered wood which she combines with other natural materials, such as the sisal plant fibre. When creating her pieces, she often combines traditional techniques with modernity in non-conventional ways. As a result, her handmade stools, lamps, and other functional objects project the balance between the contemporary and the rustic.