PLACE REPRESENTED: Fuzina , Croatia

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: Handmade and suitably earthy or woodsy in this case. A slice of wood with some creative use of pine cones. The basic pyrography “Uspomena iz Fuzina” means “A remembrance of Fuzina”. I’m not sure why the maker has chosen the historical Italian variation “Fuzina” rather than the contemporary Croatian “Fuzine”. A nice big  piece.

More detail here: http://www.tz-fuzine.hr/view.asp?p=5&c=8

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1994

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Croatia

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 33cm high , 8cm  across

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia

ITEM: Wall ornament

NOTES: I love these things. Handmade with a lot of detail and materials. Not bad for a postcard stuck to a piece of wood and then decorated.  Very evocative, despite the fact the shells probably didn’t even come from the area depicted.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1994

MADE FROM: wood , shell

MADE IN: Croatia

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 30cm long , 10cm high

ITEM: Wall Ornament

PLACE REPRESENTED: Velebit Mountains , Croatia

NOTES: A rustic depiction of the Croatian emblem on a slice of tree which is, no doubt, from the Velebit mountain range. This is simple and, because of it’s handcrafted nature, quite charming.

Quite aptly, perhaps, Croatia’s heart and soul lies in the Velebit mountain range which rises dramatically from the coast.

I can’t remember how much it cost but it was cheap and, thankfully, not “Made in China”.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1994

MADE FROM: Wood

MADE IN: Croatia

MANUFACTURER: It’s signed “AE” and is clearly handmade.

DIMENSIONS: 9cm across x 16cm high