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are needle-felted in quality wool to create the desired effect and
character of each. A few are accented with other materials as described.
All are one-of-a-kind creations and are designated as my original work
with a sterling silver "W" imbedded in the
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16½" high Italian Immigrant Worker $595
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ccfCopyRImmigrantWoman%20(2).jpg) 17" high Italian Immigrant Woman $595 |
ccfCopyRNewspaperBoy%20(2).jpg) 13¾" high Italian Immigrant Newsboy $525 |
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Our forebears are more than worthy of our
admiration. Mine were Italian. Leaving their homelands and settling
in a New World, they endured the hardships of acclimation and helped
transform their adopted country as they became Americans. These soft
sculptures were modeled after images of the early Italians, but peoples of
all nations, languages and cultures have arrived on our shores looking for
a new life.
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8½" high x 8½" long x 2½" wide Donkey with Saddle and Blanket [Sold, Thank you]
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 16" high Italian Zampognaro $595
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The Zampognari are Italian bagpipe players, shepherds who came down from the mountains to play in the nearby villages, particularly at the nativity scenes the Italians loved to display at Christmas. They would also travel house-to-house playing for food or any money they could collect to help their meager existence as shepherds. The tradition continues today at Christmas festivals.
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Billy Goat Gruff (SOLD, Thank You!) $325 ...but not so gruff. He sports a bright red collar so he can be led around the farmyard with you and a bell so you can locate him. He is needle felted from natural wool fiber, stands 9 inches tall and 9 inches long. His bony anatomy is very visible, his hoofs cloven, his horns of black polymer clay. He makes a good complement to the immigrant figures and a good companion for the apple-bearing donkey.
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