Angel statue by author Sakala Jan
Angel statue by author Sakala Jan
Producer
Sakala Ján
Year added to portfolio
1997
Material
wood
Colour
colour combination
Dimensions
height 22 cm
About product
A wooden sculpture of an angel carved from multiple pieces of wood (body, wings, hands). The body made from lime wood at the bottom with bare feet indicated, hands movable on nails, wings movable on hinges carved directly on the angel’s shirt. Polychromy. The shirt light blue with hints of drapery at the lower part made by notches of a bow chisel, yellow hair, face, hands, and visible tips of bare feet are flesh-colored, wings white.
The starting point of his interest in woodcarving during his childhood and youth was the Folklore Festival Východná and the event Carved into Wood, which has been presented in the local amphitheater since 1975 on the initiative of Viliam Gruska and...
