“In the Swedish language, a verkstad is a workshop or laboratory. While in Sweden, I grew up in the company of my fabulous grandfather and wonderful uncles – inventors, designers, engineers and fabricators – who happened to also build world-class wooden boats.
They created amazing products in their verkstad, a place that doubled as an important center of community life. Neighbors dropped in, the coffee pot was never empty, and the exchange of ideas was always lively.
With this as our model, every place we’ve lived has also doubled as our studio. The rhythm of the everyday is welcomed, as it bastes itself in and out of our creative process.”
This is a heart warming little blurb from verkstad.com
I can only add that my heart was further warmed when, upon further perusing their site, I found Mr. Johnson.