In the work gloves of Siobhan Wayman, ten small holes are sitting by the fingertips. Her long acrylic nails, decorated with pink flowers, pierce it.
Not necessarily practical, the 24-year-old painter also agrees. But when her colleague – and also friend – starts to laugh about it, she immediately defends her choice. “I want to stay feminine.”
Only woman on the construction site
It typifies Wayman, who is often the only woman on the construction site. About two years ago she ended up in the painting profession via a big detour. “I first worked as an account manager and also did modeling,” she says. “One day I was offered a model job in Curaçao. I took two weeks off, because I wanted to experience it. I even offered to continue working at a distance. But a few days later I was just fired.”
The then very young Wayman was with his hands in her hair. “When I came back, I thought: what now? I needed income.” She decided to ask her father for advice. That turned out to be a golden move. “My dad is a painter. He sat at the table with me and said: You are handy, picks things up quickly, and we need people. Why don’t you just go with us a few times?”