snowflakes
We snowflakes are made of select Beech wood. Our uncle, as he calls himself, turns us so long on a lathe, until our heads are spinning so fast that we get sick. He clains he´s shaping us round!
Our uncle continues turning als our body parts on the lathe. First he works on our head, next our cap, then our body is shaped and finally the turning of our arms and legs concludes the process.
Next our body parts are drilled. Then we are sanded down and glued together, so that all of our body parts fit perfectly.
Since each of us has a different posture, we require individual assembly and gluing to show a different body movement.
As a result the dynamic of our body movement ist surprisingly unique. This is what our fans and collectors appreciate so much about all of us.
As soon as we are glued and in one piece, our aunt whisky us around in the dye and reminds us sternly not to slide off the needle. This procedure is repeated with several different colors, at the end we are moved to a different workshop to receive our make-up. We all love this part! Here we receive our pretty eyes, mascara for our eyelashes and cute pouting lips. Her artistic skills are truly evident in each and everyone of our faces.
Our Aunt is very nice to us and claims a little of herself goes into each of our faces.
With the creation process almost concluded we now may pick out our accessories in the showroom. This is truly fun, as we can choose a new handcrafted musical instrument to play, a sled, skis or even a hand carved little wooden bird and our appropriate gift box. With these items in hand we take our places on either a cloud or a snowflake. Before we are sent to our new homes, we are covered in snowflakes and lovingly coated with a clear vernish.
Ready to travel, we snuggle up with a soft blanket in our gift boxes waiting to arrive at your home.
We see us!