My name is Gorka Hierro and I am a sculptor, deeply in love with wood carving.
My connection and love for this noble material go back to my childhood. My father, a carpenter by profession, used to take me every week on foot from Basauri to Etxebarri to buy large wooden boards of different kinds, which we later carried back home. I can still remember that feeling of well-being and joy, my inevitable attraction and respect for this noble natural element that nature offers us through trees.
I feel immense pleasure when working with wood. It begins with an intention, an idea that arises within me. I gradually shape it, and little by little it seems to acquire a soul of its own. Guided by inspiration, I carve, wear down and polish the material until I finally achieve a specific form, whether it represents a concrete object or an abstract feeling.
My training in this field dates back to my youth and vocational studies, when I completed a C.I.P. in Carpentry and Cabinetmaking. I then spent two years doing practical training in a carpentry and cabinetmaking workshop, later complementing this experience with a course in kitchen furniture manufacturing. For a time I left the wood sector to work in the industrial field, where I trained in areas I considered useful and interesting, such as “Quality in the Manufacturing Process”, taught by Mondragon University.
Like anyone else, I continued along my path, working, studying and developing projects parallel to my own personal evolution.
