Woodcarvers Create Christmas Masterpieces (PHOTOS)

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[angie nuti]

03:20 AM on 12/14/2011

Wow! Beautiful. I've just come back from Italy where my parents live, I brought home with me a beautiful handmade presepe (nativity set) bought in Val Gardena, in the Dolomites, at the Demi Art workshop. Italian wood carvers are so brilliant!

[Konnie]

10:11 AM on 12/06/2011

visit St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mishawaka, Indiana during the Christmas Season. In the 1880's local Italian carvers created an unbelievable altar rail and then the most exquisite Nativity scene that takes up the whole side altar.
just sayin...........

[Information Pioneer]

02:11 PM on 12/05/2011

I saw some of these carvings once in a little shoop in St. Augustine Fl and they were exquisite and detailed with gorgeous grains.

[jokamachi]

08:31 PM on 12/03/2011

Now I want to see some atheist woodcarvings. Oh wait, they don't believe in anything, so there's nothing to carve.

[WheelsOnFire]

08:37 PM on 12/03/2011

LOL!

And christians believe in the supernatural and make believe, so they'll describe for you their vision of an intricate religious woodcarving.

But you'll never see it because it isn't real.

[Ppfffftt]

02:26 PM on 12/06/2011

Look around you, it's already carved. Out of stardust no less.

[silentpurr]

04:35 PM on 12/03/2011

Thank you for the beautiful story. A labor of love.

[Ayesha Khan]

03:07 PM on 12/03/2011

Now this is not fair Huff Post, first you stun people by showing breath taking genius, and then expect they can post comments with a sane mind. To Express thoughts Vocabulary is useless, perhaps Silence might do-------------

[oberlinkay91]

10:24 AM on 12/03/2011

Very beautiful! I bet the photos don't do them justice. Taking the time to hand carve all if these and having the talent to do it is astounding!

[DeAnna West]

09:53 AM on 12/03/2011

Is there no web address where we might look at and order such items? I love stuff like this!

[NYC07]

10:45 PM on 12/04/2011

http://www.oberammergau-woodcarving.com/index.php?arg=ueber.htm&cmd=html

[DeAnna West]

09:23 AM on 12/08/2011

thanks!

[fldpwrman]

09:10 AM on 12/03/2011

How can anything be like something you've never seen?

[oberlinkay91]

10:25 AM on 12/03/2011

Just the headline. It makes us curious and want to click lol

[ctslair]

02:46 AM on 12/03/2011

All the dead people hanging from the ceiling was a little creepy...

[meat-a-saur-us]

03:57 AM on 12/03/2011

"Dead people"

You mean, the Crucifixes of Jesus dying on the Cross??...........

[see-ellen2001]

09:35 PM on 12/02/2011

My God, Christmas items actually made outside of China? Tis truly the season of miracles.

[catboycolo]

06:53 PM on 12/02/2011

um, was this really impressive enough to warrant an article? Don't think so.

[sigmaroa]

08:31 PM on 12/02/2011

beats the heck out of any Obama article

[Sol Cholo]

12:40 AM on 12/03/2011

why sig, those Obama articles too involved for ya. better stick to the republican stuff, they're a lot more simple minded

[Sol Cholo]

12:38 AM on 12/03/2011

bah humbug. hand carved wood not keyboard enough for ya catboy?

[dfh611]

06:40 PM on 12/02/2011

Are they mostly bass wood? Soft and cuts easily but don't know if it holds sharp details well.

[erehwon man]

06:40 PM on 12/02/2011

That must be the best way to make a living on this planet. Reminds me of the guys who carved the carousel horses and animals during the late 1800's through the 1950's.
And then they were all made from fiberglass, and the charm was gone.

[Crawdad60]

10:45 PM on 12/02/2011

I happen to be working on a carousel animal right now. It will go on an all wooden animal carousel in Kingsport, TN. We have two of these wonderful carousels here in Chattanooga, TN too. All the animals were and are carved by volunteers. There's no money in though, but a lot of love.

[erehwon man]

07:16 AM on 12/03/2011

That sounds great.

[DeAnna West]

09:55 AM on 12/03/2011

When next in TN I will come visit. I would love to see the hand carved animals of the carousel!!!

[hancardre]

04:49 PM on 12/02/2011

Have been to Germany and have seen the shops of the woodcarvers. The pictures don't do justice to their work--they are exquisite.

[meat-a-saur-us]

03:56 AM on 12/03/2011

Such fabulous work and all done BY HAND.....makes you appreciate all the tiny details!!!