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 was a place to live. Most enthusiastic this apparently young man was about carving Easter eggs. So he asked me to call him back. However […] more…
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 calm, peaceful animals in a simple, typical position, not a shouting donkey or frightened cat. But as they grow older they get contact to a […] more…
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 your feelings toward them? more…
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 feel them in your hands and to take the napkin in and out… more…
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 and many more. Yes, it is more work to develop a new shape but it is a challenge and I like it. And some of […] more…
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 take part. With those tools they can feel the beauty of wood and enjoy shape and material. Here I show you some designs, carved in […] more…
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 one board. If you draw them apart space appears to arrange and decorate the scene. The different layers can be illuminated from the side for […] more…
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 medieval style turning lathe. The candles were made from our children using beeswax from our bees. Ready little donkey – go into the world and […] more…
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 with vinegar on rusty nails: The next one took a bath in soda water: Number 5 was boiled in oak bark and then exposed to […] more…
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 wood to turn brown permanently? What is the influence of alkaline or sour medium? What different shades are possible? First I boil one wooden dolphin […] more…
© Eckart Henzler 2016
