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  • Serial Production?

    Serial Production?

    Not any more. Instead of moving with the times I am going backwards. Each and every individual is now drawn and cut free hand instead of using a pattern or […]

  • Sewing – Bugs

    Sewing – Bugs

    I carved those bugs from linden wood. Open them and in the belly you find all necessary sewing tools and material. In my understanding they are kind of funny, but […]

  • Egg – carver wanted

    Egg – carver wanted

    September 2024 I got a call. Unfortunately I couldn’t answer it, but it was recorded. A fresh voice asked whether I could need help in the workshop and whether there […]

  • Emotionals

    Emotionals

    For many years I didn’t try to carve animals who are to much emotional and expressive or funny and comical. This is not something small children need. Small children need […]

  • Specters, Ghosts and Idols

    Specters, Ghosts and Idols

    Goethe says, there is more between heaven and earth, than we can imagine. In this middle-world I met those creatures. They are evil, but they exhilarate me anyway. What are […]

  • Napkin Rings

    Napkin Rings

    Old-fashioned, or back to the roots? Napkins instead of paper towels. I carved 10 wooden napkin rings with animal motives – simple and friendly, cute but not funny. Nice to […]

  • Special Orders

    Special Orders

    I welcome special orders a lot. There were tigers, terriers, pelicans, once an oryx, greyhound, dachshund, snail, tapir, there was Winnie Puuh and Piglet, otter, polar bear, bat and groundhog […]

  • Salad Cutlery and Spatula

    Salad Cutlery and Spatula

    Taste and smell and colors… food is talking to our senses in many voices. But what about our hands? How are they treated? Here comes my contribution. Hands want to […]

  • The Stable

    The Stable

    Many times I was asked to make a stable for my Nativity figurines. However I don’t like to glue and stick parts together. So I developed these arcs, made of […]

  • Palm Donkey

    Palm Donkey

    Here I show you how I carved a palm Sunday donkey. It was carved from Linden wood. The candle holders are made from linden wood as well, turned on a […]

  • The Tanning of Wood: Results

    The Tanning of Wood: Results

    This dolphin took a bath for one week in hot water with vinegar: This dolphin took a bath in hot alkaline water for a week: The third one was treated […]

  • The Tanning of Wood: The Experiments

    The Tanning of Wood: The Experiments

    When an alder tree gets cut, there occurs an reaction. After few hours it turns bright orange: Unfortunately this color fades away soon. But what capacity lies in the alder […]