NAME
Anxo Ferreira Álvarez
PROVINCE
SPECIALIST IN
Cobblestone pavements, Dry stone, Hórreos, paneras and cabazos, Rubble masonry walls, Stone carving, Stone masonry, Stone roofs
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Pahiño-Buxán 16, 36780, A Guarda
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
Anxo carries out all kinds of carving of stone works, as well as its subsequent placement.
When it comes to sculpture he carries out the entire process: modelling, casting and carving.
He uses all sorts of stones: granites, sandstones, limestones…
APPRENTICESHIP
Anxo started at the age of 17 carrying out masonry courses in various schools/workshops, in a school for stonemasons, and working in various masonry workshops such as the one in A Guarda (1986), the one in Baiona (1989) and the Escola de Canteiros in Poio (1993).
He acquired the vast majority of his experience through the practice of the craft.
TEACHING
Masonry instructor for the Town Council of A Guarda, 1991.
Masonry instructor for the Asociación Galega de Graniteiros, 1996.
Masonry instructor for the Town Council of Tomiño, 1998.
Masonry instructor for the PROYECOM Galicia, 2000.
Masonry instructor in Cuadrilla de Añana, 2012.
SELECTED WORKS
Restoration of the dome of the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santiago.
Restoration of the access bridge to the arch of Santa María, in Burgos.
Restoration of the Torre del Homenaje belonging to the Castle of Valencia de Don Juan, in León.
Restoration of the Palace of Bendaña, in Haro, La Rioja.
Paving – for three years – of the main streets in Burgos.
Elaboration of a real-size scale of a Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Many works with a common theme: heraldry.
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