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Arks

Handcrafted Painted Wooden Ark

Cherries Frieze Ark - Painted Wooden Ark

Handcrafted Painted Wooden Ark

This is my most richly decorated and painted ark and includes a classical decoration around the doorway at one end. My original training was as a painter and whilst teaching art in the East End of London, I discovered the collection of antique Noah’s Painted Wooden Arks in the Bethnal Green Museum. I was inspired to make my own version of this traditional toy and one of my early arks is now on permanent display in the museum.

As a guide I have priced the Ark with 12 pairs from the main list, but you can have as many or as few as you like. This painted wooden ark is made from Columbian pine, and a roof and the house lift off. The animals are in lime wood, decorated using non-toxic paint and varnish.

Size: 20” x 13” x 7”
The ark can be inscribed with the recipient’s name

Price Here

Each Noah’s Ark set is an individual selection from within my existing range of ark designs, and over 100 different pairs of animals. The list continues to grow. Both children and adults have asked me to create everything from exotic, extinct and mythical animals, to family pets. I can also make bespoke arks, based on your own home.

“I made my first Noah’s Ark when my daughter was small, and the one-off became a life’s work.” To read more click here…

Handmade Noah’s Arks made from locally sourced materials in Devon. Individually designed and handcrafted. Unique Noah’s Arks in wood, made in the UK.

Many customers build up their sets over a period of time. Usually they start with an Ark and I post them a pair of animals each month.

“…when modelling a Painted Ark, special attention is giving to the animal’s  faces, to give them a real sense of character. What makes me happiest is all the correspondence I receive from parents saying how much their children love playing with my toys.”

David Plagerson Handcrafted Noah’s Arks

Arks

Painted Noah’s Ark – Noah’s Arks in Wood

Painted Wooden Ark – Handcrafted Noah’s Arks in Wood

Painted Noah's Ark

The frieze on this Ark incorporates the dove and olive branch motif from the biblical story of Noah. I identify each painted Noah’s ark by their frieze. All the traditional arks are based on medieval German houses with tiled roofs, the frieze above the windows and stone quoins that reinforce the corners of the buildings.

My hand-painted animals celebrate nature’s rich variety of pattern, stripes, spots, camouflage and decoration.

“…when modelling a Painted Ark, special attention is giving to the animal’s  faces, to give them a real sense of character. What makes me happiest is all the correspondence I receive from parents saying how much their children love playing with my toys.”

As a guide I have priced the Ark with 12 pairs from the main list, but you can have as many or as few as you like. The ark is made from Columbian pine, and a roof and the house lift off. The animals are in lime wood, decorated using non-toxic paint and varnish.

Size: 20” x 13” x 7”
The ark can be inscribed with the recipient’s name

Price Here

“I made my first Noah’s Ark when my daughter was small, and the one-off became a life’s work.” To read more click here…

Handmade Noah’s Arks made from locally sourced materials in Devon. Individually designed and handcrafted. Unique Noah’s Arks in wood, made in the UK.

David Plagerson Handcrafted Noah’s Arks

Arks

Wooden Ark – Handcrafted Wooden Noah’s Ark

Wooden Ark

Wooden Ark

All my wooden Ark sets are hand-made in the workshop at the bottom of my garden. This Ark Set in Mixed Woods is a collection of 12 pairs of animals whose character is best expressed by the rounded forms and natural decorative qualities of the woods. This  Ark set is a library of woods, mostly locally sourced. Among those I use are pitch pine, black walnut, apple, pear, magnolia, sapele, sycamore, oak, yew, cherry. The Ark is made from Columbian pine, both the roof and house lift off.  This Noah’s Wooden Ark set is finished in beeswax which enhances and protects the surface of the different timbers. With each wooden ark I include a list of the woods in that particular set.

Size 20” x 13” x 7”
Price Here

“I made my first Noah’s Ark when my daughter was small, and the one-off became a life’s work.” To read more click here…

Handmade Noah’s Arks made from locally sourced materials in Devon. Individually designed and handcrafted. Unique Noah’s Arks in wood, made in the UK.

“…when modelling a Mixed Woods Ark, special attention is giving to the animal’s  faces, to give them a real sense of character. What makes me happiest is all the correspondence I receive from parents saying how much their children love playing with my toys.”

David Plagerson Handcrafted Noah’s Arks

Arks

Handcrafted Cherries Frieze Ark | Handmade | Wooden Ark

Cherries Frieze Ark

This is my most richly decorated handcrafted ark and includes a classical decoration painted round the doorway at one end. My original training was as a painter and whilst teaching art in the East End of London, I discovered the collection of antique Noah’s Arks in the Bethnal Green Museum.  I was inspired to make my own version of this traditional toy and one of my early arks is now on permanent display in the museum.

As a guide I have priced the Ark with twelve pairs from the main animals list, but you can have as many or as few as you like.  The ark is handcrafted from Columbian pine, and a roof and the house lift off.  The animals are in lime wood, decorated using non-toxic paint and varnish.

Size: 20” x 13” x 7”
The ark can be inscribed with the recipient’s name

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My wooden Noah’s Ark sets were inspired by the traditional ones I first saw in the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, like those, mine are handcrafted and richly painted, designed to be pleasing to the eye and hand, and strong enough to withstand vigorous play.

Each Noah’s Ark set is an individual selection from within my existing range of ark designs, and over 100 different pairs of animals.  The list continues to grow.  Both children and adults have asked me to create everything from exotic, extinct and mythical animals, to family pets. I can also make bespoke arks, based on your own home.

“…when modelling a Painted Ark, special attention is giving to the animal’s  faces, to give them a real sense of character. What makes me happiest is all the correspondence I receive from parents saying how much their children love playing with my toys.”

David Plagerson Handcrafted Noah’s Arks