creative // Handicraft and art in the woodcarving workshop in the South Tyrolean Gardena Valley

alpen-erleben.com was for you in the Val Gardena in one of the numerous handicraft enterprises in which the world-wide desired wood carvings in finest quality are manufactured.

Woodworking and artistic woodcarving have a tradition in South Tyrol's Val Gardena that stretches back over centuries. Here in the midst of the Dolomites, this traditional craft lives on to this day.

In the beginning it was farmers who used the dark and cold winter months in Val Gardena for woodworking. Practical objects were created: cutlery, plates and many other utensils for use in the house and yard or for trade in the valley.

Over the centuries, skills and forms developed from toys to elaborately carved figures and figure ensembles.

alpen-erleben.com was for you in the Val Gardena in one of the numerous craft workshops in which the worldwide coveted wood carvings are made in the finest quality.

Important to know, here in the woodcarving workshop of Insam Ewald, production and export of woodcarvings and cribs, there is no retail store and it is not sold to end consumers.

Here designs and models are created and carefully executed by highly talented local sculptors. In the meantime, son Simon also helps with the design of models, and many new and imaginative ideas come from him.

Especially at Christmas time there is a lot of activity in the workshops, so that the artistic woodcarvings are ready for you to buy in the specialized stores in Val Gardena and far beyond the borders of the country.

Creativity, sense of proportion, patience, craftsmanship and joy are probably what make this craft an art and we felt this also during our visit.

Artful carvings from the South Tyrolean Val Gardena are eye-catchers for the whole year.