. International studio. PABLO CASALS BY TIEX STORK // oodcarving in Switzerland. WOODCARVING FROM BRJENZ w OODCARVING IN SWITZER-LANDBY MARIE WIDMER The art of woodcarving hasfor many centuries been cultivated in Switzer-land to a certain degree, for what was more nat-ural for a people who lived in the midst of theinspiring grandeur of Europes paradise than tofeel a keen desire to create and decorate objectswhich were pleasing to the eye. At first the peasants of the mountainous regionstried their hand at woodcarving during the longwinter months; it proved an agreeable pastimeand, crude as man
. International studio. PABLO CASALS BY TIEX STORK // oodcarving in Switzerland. WOODCARVING FROM BRJENZ w OODCARVING IN SWITZER-LANDBY MARIE WIDMER The art of woodcarving hasfor many centuries been cultivated in Switzer-land to a certain degree, for what was more nat-ural for a people who lived in the midst of theinspiring grandeur of Europes paradise than tofeel a keen desire to create and decorate objectswhich were pleasing to the eye. At first the peasants of the mountainous regionstried their hand at woodcarving during the longwinter months; it proved an agreeable pastimeand, crude as many of their products were, theynevertheless found a ready market when the for-eign visitors began to arrive in the spring andsummer. Alpine flowers and animals, also rep- resentations of chalets, were the first and naturalsubjects they chose and they executed them withrare realistic precision. With the gradual im-provement of their tools, the amateur carverswere able to turn out more difficult and more ar-tistic objects, and many a peasant whose meagredairy farm could hardly y
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