I'm Mircea Cosmescu and I've been carving in wood since I finished school, in 1997. I like the warmth of wood and I like working with different essences. I like walnut, lime, cherry, but also oak. Once, I received wood from an 80-year-old oak tree. I cleaned it, refurbished it, processed it and returned it to you in the form of furniture or doors. I do everything that means mechanical processing, in the classic style. The pairing of the material, which not everyone knows how to do, its choice, joints in the classic, old, old-fashioned style. To be able to work with wood you need to have some experience, it's an art that can only be learned through practice. To know how to choose it, to know its humidity, to feel it. I sat next to people older than me and learned. If you want to learn, you have to love what you do. I do dovetail joints, which are very rare. Everything that is done now is simple and fast. The pairing of wood is done very rarely, according to color, according to the appearance of the grain, according to the alignment and there are several forms - straight line grain, V-shaped grain. I like to work everything that appears new, complex. I only made ornamental furniture, acanthus leaves, wooden pillars, I did not make statuettes. I had disciples whom I taught. I like to teach others, patiently, but if you don't like what you're doing, you can't continue working.