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Production and export of wood carvings and crib figurines from Val Gardena - South Tyrol - Salcher

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We are at home in Ortisei, in the valley of Val Gardena which is located in beautiful South Tyrol. In our mountains we have much snow from October to April. As it was too dangerous for the people here to work outdoors in Winter, our men bridged the Winter season and began to carve wood. In the course of time they carved toys for their children, altars for churches, sculptures of saints and also cribs for Christmas.
Nowadays our wood carving artists concentrate mainly on statues to decorate our private surroundings. Thus, with time, a unique form of wood carving has developed. To this end it was very helpful, that in our region grow precious kinds of trees – and this was and is the dominant prerequisite for our valuable wood carvings.

The attachment to religion and tradition has induced people to carve wayside crosses and to embellish the family altar in their houses with wood carved embodiments of the Crucified. During Christmas season there was not only the Christmas tree in the living room, but also a crib. Nearly each year a figurine was added and after generations, each family member still could tell, who had carved an individual sculpture of the Holy Family and animals. Skiers and tourists, who visited our homeland, began to admire and love our wood carvings, and to take sculptures home to their countries. And today you can find our sculptures world-wide. But still we work in limited edition and we use exclusively high-quality woods for our carving art here.
The singularity of our sculptures gives to our work a lasting and rising value. We are always ready to correspond to your wishes and it is our pleasure to carve special sculptures according to your ideas.

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