Saw, chisel and hammer: Women in carpentry

锯、凿子和锤子:木工行业的女性

The Conversation

社会与文化

2024-02-12

27 分钟
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When Angela Cacace moved into her new house, she decided to teach herself how to renovate it. Angela is now running her own company, A.Marie Design Build, and has launched Move Over Bob, an online resource for women in the skilled trades. Clémentine Mollier is a French marine carpenter who specialises in restoring and building classic wooden boats. She has just joined the restoration team working on the HMS Victory, the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Beatriz De La Pava Hucke meets both women who have carved their own career in a male dominated industry. Produced by Alice Gioia (Image: (L) Clémentine Mollier, courtesy of Clémentine Mollier. (R) Angela Cacace. Credit Vincent Cacace)
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  • Hello.

  • Welcome to the Conversation, the show that introduces you to extraordinary women from all around the world.

  • I am Beatriz de la Pawa, and my guests today are two women who quite literally carved their own career in a male dominated industry, carpentry.

  • Clementine Moliere is a marine carpenter from France, specialized in restoring and building classic wooden boats.

  • How cool is that?

  • She's joining us from the south of the UK where she lives and works.

  • Clementine, welcome.

  • Thank you.

  • And my other guest is Angela Kakase.

  • She's a carpenter and constructor.

  • She's the founder of Moveover Bob, an online resource for women in skilled trade.

  • She also runs her own company, Ameri Design build.

  • And she's joining us from North Carolina in the US.

  • Angela, welcome to the conversation.

  • Thank you for having me.

  • So, Angela, what's the tool you can't live without?

  • Okay, so the tool I can't live without would have to be the table saw.