Toni Ciuraneta
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Hi guys.
To get some conversations going on I thought to post this as an hommage. Thi coat hanger was made about 70 or more years ago by the man who taught me to carve, and he was like a second father to me. I remember going to his home when I was about 6 or 7 years old, my eyes were at the level of his bench and watching him carve, feeling that smell of wood freshly cut and hearing the noise of it being cut by sharp gouges.
When he got old and stopped carving he gave me all his tools because he knew I was going to use them, and when he died, ten years ago, he left me this coat hanger as heirloom which is decorating my home and being used everyday.
His name was Domingo Henares, and I still miss him. I hope that where ever he may be know, he has the best wood and tools to continue carving. Rest in peace.
PS. Funny enough, when I was a kid this hanger gave me the creeps. The second picture is him, at the hospital, he died two weeks later, aged 88.
To get some conversations going on I thought to post this as an hommage. Thi coat hanger was made about 70 or more years ago by the man who taught me to carve, and he was like a second father to me. I remember going to his home when I was about 6 or 7 years old, my eyes were at the level of his bench and watching him carve, feeling that smell of wood freshly cut and hearing the noise of it being cut by sharp gouges.
When he got old and stopped carving he gave me all his tools because he knew I was going to use them, and when he died, ten years ago, he left me this coat hanger as heirloom which is decorating my home and being used everyday.
His name was Domingo Henares, and I still miss him. I hope that where ever he may be know, he has the best wood and tools to continue carving. Rest in peace.
PS. Funny enough, when I was a kid this hanger gave me the creeps. The second picture is him, at the hospital, he died two weeks later, aged 88.
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