Since 400 B.C, Macedonia has had a rich tradition of producing magnificent wood carvers, sculptors and stone carvers; Gecovski is the latest example of that tradition. Born in Macedonia, in 1964, Gecovski was modeling and experimenting with clay at the age of seven. At fourteen, he entered into the ancient art of wood carving, starting his formal and traditional training in decorative sculpture on the altars of churches. The young and impressionable Gecovski was fortunate to be surrounded by the imagery of Roman and Greek mythology, with its heroic warriors epic...more
