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ADDRESS:
C/ del Tejar 58 – 10459 Guijo de Sta. Bárbara
ACTIVITY
This woodshop is devoted to carpentry, joinery and carving, undertaking new-build work and also restorations of floor structures or pitched roof frames. Its team works in an artisanal way in a workshop using machinery and also manual tools such as gouges, chisels or saws.
They use… all sorts of wood, though chiefly chestnut, oak and walnut, and apply wood surface treatments and rustic finishes, lacquer, varnish, wax, etc.
TRAINING
– Pedagogical skills course for teaching of craft trades (Mérida, May 2015), EOI college in partnership with the Government of Extremadura and the European Social Fund
– Advanced woodwork and furniture course with a “Best coursework in category” award, Valle de Ambroz School in Hervás
– Course… on house-entry techniques and domestic locksmithing (Madrid, April 2013)
– Course on Mudéjar carpentry, traditional structural carpentry and wooden ceilings (December 2012)
– Introductory course on Mudéjar carpentry and strapwork techniques (November 2010)
– Carpentry, joinery and carving courses (Trade School of Plasencia, 1987-90)
TEACHING
– Woodcarving for beginners (Talarrubias, Badajoz Provincial Council, 2011)
– Woodcarving for beginners (Guijo de Granadilla, Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla Association of Municipalities, Cáceres City Hall, January-February 2011)
– Wooden joinery course (Guijo de Santa Bárbara, Training and Technological Development, December 2010)
– Introduction to cabinetmaking and woodcarving (Hoyos,… Sierra de Gata Association of Municipalities, Cáceres City Hall, December 2009)
– Joinery and carving course (Government of Extremadura, 2009)
– Joinery and carving course (Jarandilla de la Vera, 1999)
– Woodcarving course, and joinery and carving course (Guijo de Santa Bárbara, 1998)
– Woodcarving and furniture course (February 1998)
– Joinery, carving and restoration course (Madrigal de la Vera Town Hall, Cáceres province)
– Joinery and carving for beginners (Garganta de la Olla, 1997)
– Woodcarving course (Coria Trade School, January-February 1990)
SELECTED WORK
Restoration of 16th-century Spanish-style chairs for Hoyos Town Hall
Restoration of the altarpiece at Zarza de Alange (Cáceres Provincial Council): hand-carved furnishings, doors to the street, Mudéjar wooden ceiling
