Wood Carving Italy

Wood Carving Italy

When you are planning a trip to South Tyrol do not forget to visit the valley named “Val Gardena”. Here amidst the beautiful landscape of the impressive dolomites you will find the centre of wood carving in Italy!

Especially in the online shop of Patrick Demetz Woodcarvings in the small south-tyrolean town of S. Cristina you will see a wide range of hand-carved wooden religious and non-religious items. The carvers working for Demetz Patrick are all master craftsmen in wood carving. Val Gardena even has two schools where the artisans can complete their traditional knowledge of carving, which is mostly handed over from the fathers to their sons.

Many of them still use the tools their grandfathers and fathers already used. With the chisel and the wooden hammer, they are creating beautiful sculptures, crucifixes, nativity scenes and all kinds of figurines.
Wood carving in Italy is a century old handicraft. Sometimes you can have a look at the artisans doing their work. You will find carvers, engravers and sculptors working together with decorators, painters and guilders. The results of their work are carefully designed and precisely carved wooden objects which can be admired and of course be bought in the shop in S. Cristina or in the online-shop of Demetz Patrick wood carving, Italy.
You can be assured that every wooden item is entirely made by hand. Therefore you will get a special certificate that guarantees the authenticity.