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François Pernet, Carpenter and Sculptor
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Filmmaker Name:
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Jacqueline Veuve
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Film Length:
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27 min
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Film Year:
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1988
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Duration:
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21-45 min
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Decade:
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1980s
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Series:
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Wood Crafts series
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Color:
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color
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Like his grandfather and his father before him, François Pernet is a mountain peasant and works with wood. He trained as a carpenter and cabinet maker and owns the last water-powered sawmill still operating in French-speaking Switzerland. He and his wife have five children, two of their own, and three nephews adopted after the death of their parents in a car accident. So, to earn a living, he makes and carves cupboards and turns bannisters. In addition to his work, Pernet has become a sculptor as well. His bas-relief carvings, which have decorated local cafés, show various aspects of mountain life, including hunters, poachers, chamois and other animals.
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