The pioneers
of this craft were principally decoration sculptors who decorated
the picture frames and the clock stands. But in short time the wood
carvers turned onto more ambitious subjects. They developed sacred
works of art, crucifixes, figures of saints, stations of the cross
and cribs. The skillfulness of the Gardena sculptors so were able
to get famous over the borders of South Tyrol. The contemporary artistic
works aren't only sacred works but they mainly have a profan or pure
decorative disposition. And today the craft of wood carving is still
giving work to many hands and it is still yet creating from a big
creative source.
There are reliable masters and vocational schools and schools of art in Ortisei and Selva with an experience of many years who take care for the education of the new young sculptors. The difference of handmade and machine moulded works of art is indicated by a trademark from the chamber of commerce of Bolzano and gets fixed onto the handmade sculptures by an expert.
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