“Every block has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
(Michelangelo Buonarroti)
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HAPEWooden statues: the creative stages

HAPE Sculptures – Our portfolio

For some 35 years, we’ve been dedicating ourselves to our greatest passion: creating stunning wooden statues and all kinds of woodcarvings near St. Ulrich. Creative talent, cutting-edge ideas, and love for wood, our exquisite raw material, are what make our team in Lajen exceptional. The result? Artisan woodcarvings, the epitome of the tradition of woodcarving in Val Gardena. Let us show you what makes our wooden statues unique and the stages involved in creating secular and sacred wooden art here in our guide.

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Getting started

How is a woodcarving created?

The first step in creating custom woodcarvings is to contact us. Once you’ve completed our non-binding enquiry form, we’ll contact you for an initial exchange of ideas with our team of artisans. We believe getting on the same wavelength as our customers is an essential part of being able to create a quality product that perfectly meets your needs.

HAPEHAPE Sculptures: series production, painting, and restoration

HAPE Sculptures offers a wide range of services. We excel at creating artisan wooden statues carved entirely by hand according to our customers’ wishes. Every single detail of these woodcarvings is defined together with you.

 In addition, once your wooden statue is finished, we offer you the possibility to have your artwork scanned. This allows us to create a 3D file in STL format which can be modified using graphic-design programs (such as ZBrush). Once your 3D model has been created we can print it using a material that will allow series production of your custom woodcarving. Thanks to our pantographs, we can create artisan woodcarvings in various sizes and supply you with various to-scale, series replicas of the original model.

 As well as woodcarvings, HAPE Sculptures also offers a painting and restoration service. Our skilled painters will give your wooden statues a touch of class and a new, colourful lease of life. The painting techniques that we use here at HAPE Sculptures range from oil painting to water colours and also include the decoration of any object with gold leaf.

HAPEInterested in an artisan woodcarving?

Don’t hesitate to contact us. All you need to do is complete our non-binding enquiry form and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.