A South African couple who left their native Cape Town where they worked in the film industry for Fermanagh have said the move was an easy one due to the beauty of the county.Now operating a woodworking studio in Irvinestown, Gigi says the move has been a successful one so far.
“We moved to Fermanagh because I have family here, my sister has been here for the last eleven years,” Gigi told MyFermanagh.“So after the pandemic we decided we wanted to be closer to family and it was easy to move here because it’s so beautiful. The couple have now set up Woodmento, their craft business in which they build handcrafted wooden gift boxes, and say it’s a welcome change from the fast pace of life in the movie industry in Cape Town.
“There is obviously a growing film studio industry here now and we know some people who are involved in that, but what we do now is completely new.