Small Cat Figurines (Spruce Wood), Original German Ring-Turned Animals (Erzgebirge)

• Hand-painted group of cats made of spruce wood: one big cat and three kittens.
• Wooden figurines to decorate, give away or as a good luck charm
• Finest detail work (with very small knives and brushes)
• Original German folk art from the small Eastern German town Seiffen (Erzgebirge)
• Ring-turned by hand, carved and painted
• 100% traditional handmade from the Saxon ring-turning manufactory Werner
• Large cat is 3 cm high and from nose to tail tip about 4 cm long
• Size of the kitten: about 2 x 2 cm

Description

This family of cats belongs to the so-called ring-turned animaly. They are original Erzgebirge folk art as known from the world-famous Striezelmarkt in Dresden. The figurines are manufactured in one of the most demanding and fascinating processing techniques of wood art. A fresh piece of spruce wood is set in rotation and processed by hand with various turning tools. Then small slices are cut off - the small animal figures come out. In the end, they will be reworked with a carving knife and painted. So every animal is one One of a kind!