Nativity Set, Wooden Carved Nativity, Woodcarving

This Nativity I carved from marbled beech wood. Inside the arc there are two wings which contain all those little figurines. At Christmas time you can take the figurines out, arrange them, insert the star on the top. After Christmas they all return to their places & stay there all year long. You have Mary, the manger, Joseph, ox, donkey, lamb & goat kid & the star of Bethlehem. in this section of my shop you find animals & figurines in the rocks. At least they look like rock. Actually they are made of marbled beech wood, which was laying for some years in the moist forests surrounding my home. The interesting lines & grain are actually mold stains. So the artist is not so much me, but nature itself, you may say life & death at the same time leaving their traces. I walk through the forests to find those fallen, decaying beech trees & then I chop them up with an ax, to get the pieces with interesting shape & structure. After that the cutting, carving & smoothing begins. The process of decay is stopped after drying & it will stay the way it is. But you must know, the wood is not as hard & stable as fresh beech wood. Therefore the carvings in this section are not meant for children to play with. They are for lovers & enthusiasts of the beauty of wood & the creation of nature. Size: 10 x 5.5 x 2 (27 cm x 14 cm x 5 cm) Nativity Set, Wooden Carved Nativity, Woodcarving