Oier Elorduy has been devoted to the knowledge and practice of crafts, and especially iron forging, since he met Luis Padura Elorza. He has always shared with him a special attraction for those artisanal elements which highlight and give different buildings their very own personality,… very especially when it comes to those traditional constructions which can be found around them: hamlets, towers, chapels, churches… 

During these years, Oier has manufactured and rehabilitated in his workshop forged pieces for different uses and aims. These include elements for construction, refurbishment or restoration of buildings, such as balconies, staircases, fences, handrails, doors, window bars, rejas diabólicas (iron grilles with their bars alternatively going through or being gone through the perpendicular ones), columns, etc., as well as other elements both for the inside or outside of the dwelling, such as door knockers, handles, lamps, wells, bridges, arbours, chairs, tables, beds… In essence, these are all elements to embellish the buildings, regardless of their style or forms. 

He always works on request, adapting to each client’s needs, using for the better comprehension of his works 1:1 scale models, drawings, books, etc., trying to offer the client the best intervention for each project and budget. 

He carries out works of all sizes and with all sorts of commercial profiles in iron. To this aim he uses traditional forging techniques and the necessary tools and machinery, such as hammers, chisels or hydraulic presses, creating sculptures from large iron sheets to other small elements, such as commemorative pieces, trophies…

Due to the lack of demand for forged pieces and the existing competition with metallic carpentries, he also works for other blacksmiths in different parts of the country, mainly in Catalonia, where artisanal works are still very present and the Catalan art nouveau influence of Gaudí is palpable in the works which are requested from clients.

Apart from working with iron, Oier also works with other types of metals such as steel, stainless steel, copper, brass and other elements such as stone, ceramics or wood. Since his Master Luis Padura Elorza took part in a series of archaeo-metallurgical sessions in Germany in 2009, they have been involved in constant researches and have carried out the extraction of iron from minerals in the area, in furnaces they themselves have manufactured, as well as disseminating the information regarding both the technique and their personal experience.