Wooden Animals by Józef swan amongst colourful paper cut-outs

amongst colourful paper cut-outs

Each artist weaves their own stories

hand carved in tree bark and then hand painted

What is important

and the reawakening of nature after the dark of winter

Wooden Animals by Józef swan amongst colourful paper cut-outsWooden dog and stork outside the house always welcome me when I visit Jzef. He lives in a lovely, old house in a rural village in Poland. Jzef is a self taught artist. After working hard all his life as a carpenter and on his farm, he started sculpting various animals using wood he finds in a forest. Stork, chickens, goose, squirrels, hoopoe birds are his favourites. Each animal is unique. Some of them might have pencil or paint marks, rough edges,