Ortiz del Peño, Javier
| Ortiz del Peño, Javier | |
|---|---|
| Language | Asturian,Spanish |
| Date | 1963 |
| Contact | iain |
| Author | iain |
| Type | Artisan |
| Country | Scotland |
| Museum | Ortiz del Peño, Javier |
| Omeka | Link |
| Talk Page | Link |
Javier Ortiz del Peño was born in 1963, in the village of Beyo (Aller, Asturias, Spain). In the 2000s he moved to La Castañal, in the municipality of Bimenes (Asturias), where his wife is from and where he established his workshop.
Javier is a wood craftsman but it is not his main occupation, although his profession is linked to it. He is a foundry model maker and works with wooden molds. Within the woodworking trades, he works in woodturning, cabinetmaking and carving. Woodworking is a personal vocation. He considers wood to be one of the best materials in existence. Historically, it has been used extensively in technology, tools, art and sculpture, musical instruments, means of transportation such as ships and airplanes, etc. He believes that wood craftsmanship has been fundamental in human development up to modern technology.
He studied furniture restoration at a school in Oviedo (Asturias). His first contract was in the same school where he was trained, as a workshop teacher and teacher of Biology and Pathology of wood. The school closed and he continued his teaching work in another school that closed shortly after, so he joined a carpentry workshop, where he worked as a carpenter. He went back to work in a furniture restoration workshop, and from there he went to work in the industry, in a workshop of foundry molds made of wood.
Since 1996 he began his activity as a wood craftsman, although he had done some work before. Today, he works with wood on a daily basis. He works with it in his professional occupation, and once the working day is over, he continues in his personal workshop making other wooden objects. He dedicates a good part of his free time to it because he considers it a pleasure and a hobby, in addition to his work.