Inaki Camino

IC-010b

  • Record: IC-010b
  • Piece: A01
  • Time: 00:00:00 - 00:07:50
  • Themes: jobs:
  • Summary: (Very low speech) He was born in Mezkiritz. Since he was nine years old he has been working at making wooden spoons. At one time there were 57 families in the village and 17 of those worked as spoon-makers. In each family there would be three of four men working at this job. They sell in Valencia, Cataluña and America. They use boxwood to make the spoons. At that time there was work for a lot of people. Now a machine does the work. He takes part in the handicraft fairs. He is not a member of the handicrafts association but he collaborates. He only makes spoons and knives.