At the last flea market in my hometown Bad Säckingen in June I found these lovely wooden dear. They originate in the Erzgebirge, former GDR. A lady at the stall who almost bought them before me told me that these carvings were almost the only thing they used to have back then that allowed a bit of creativity. I worked on the neck piece at my cousin's holiday house in Ticino. The most beautiful landscape in southern Switzerland! Unfortunately the micro torch I had bought previously wasn't getting hot enough to solder - so I had to improvise. It worked out fine. The piece was meant to go into an Adelaide exhibition, made it there in time - but didn't survive the long flight undamaged! One of the dear wasn't attached to the silver anymore. Easy fixed when I get back to Adelaide later this year.
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