Tree ornaments angel

... the Christmas tree. Reduced in form, clear in color, graceful in expression: it is precisely in their simplicity that the decorative richness of these three angels lies. In careful handwork they are turned from exclusively domestic woods - such as beech, maple, birch and spruce - sanded and finally also painted by hand. The trio comes from a Seiffener manufactory, in which their craftsman father the turning and turning, carving and grinding was laid as it were in the cradle: Wolfgang Werner was born into a long-established family of toy makers. While his older brother Christian has made a name for himself with his tire animals (also in Germany) and his younger brother Siegfried is closest to his father's legacy as a woodcarver, Wolfgang Werner's wooden toys, which are often mechanical and inspired by historical models, show that he originally had his sights set on a career in engineering. Now, however, he has become an experienced toy maker, who, in addition to his moving constructions - such as swing figures, pendulum riders and running animals - also takes traditional pendants like these out of the lathe. As tree ornaments they make as decorative as the decoration of the Christmas gift.

The fact that a famous wood art developed in the originally densely forested Erzgebirge is not only explained by the availability of the material. As a branch of industry, handicrafts became all the more important as the local mining industry rapidly lost resources and profitability. Folk art slipped into this gap, which mining - no less than Christmas - still shaped with numerous motifs. A center of wood art emerged around Seiffen, where one of the first specialized trade schools was founded in 1853 to promote handicrafts. In the so-called Toy Corner, small and large craft businesses still produce the classics of the folk art of the Erzgebirge: from hoop animals and smoking men to miner figures and nutcrackers to candle arches and wing pyramids.

This product is an example of genuine handicraft; therefore, minor deviations in size and colour may occur.