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Animals

Wooden Animals

PAINTED WOODEN ANIMALS

Wooden Animals

Wooden Animals – Main List

The main list of my wooden animals contains those animals made from a solid block of lime wood and are thus robust enough to withstand vigorous play.  Choose animals from this list as per my guide price for Ark sets. You can of course pick where you like.  Many customers build up their sets over a period of time and I post them a pair of animals each month or on special occasions. Prices and details…

Each wooden animal is individual.

The handcrafted wooden arks I make are all unique and can be customised to your specifications. Each wooden Noah’s Ark set is individual and can be selected from within my existing range of ark designs. I have over 100 different pairs of animals and the list continues to grow.

I also take commissions and have created everything from the exotic and the extinct to family pets. I can also make bespoke arks, based on your own home.

For more information, photographs and how to order click here…

 

Hand carved, my wooden animals are tactile and painted in realistic colours.

David uses local sustainable wood chosen for its lightness and smooth finish, transforming the blocks of wood into simple but instantly recognisable whales, using as few cuts as possible before refining the shape and finishing these whales off with mirror finish paintwork. “It’s all about economy of design,” he says.

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Animals, Other Toys

Order early for Christmas – Handcrafted Christmas Gifts

Why not commission a handmade wooden toy for Christmas?

Christmas Gift

It is never too early to order an original handmade Christmas gift from us. Why not order a complete Noah’s wooden ark or a single animal to give a loved one a unique Christmas treasure, something that will be cherished forever. Each wooden toy is handcrafted and made from the finest sourced timbers.

Very young children who are just acquiring language love to name the different animals; older ones enjoy pairing, classifying, making arrangements, creating farms, zoos, boats, and all sorts of homes from their arks. The Noah’s Ark as a story and a toy have stood the test of time. Hand-crafted toys are slow to make but their life expectancy is very long. The ark and animals continue as prized decorative objects ready for visitors and the next generation of players.

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 hand-made and richly painted, designed to be pleasing to the eye and hand, and strong enough to withstand vigorous play.

Handmade Toys

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.

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.

David Plagerson Handcrafted Noah’s Arks

Animals

Whales – Handmade Wooden Whales

Carved wooden whales

Hand carved, my wooden whales are tactile and painted in realistic colours.

David uses local sustainable wood chosen for its lightness and smooth finish, transforming the blocks of wood into simple but instantly recognisable whales, using as few cuts as possible before refining the shape and finishing these whales off with mirror finish paintwork. “It’s all about economy of design,” he says.

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Originally trained as a painter, David worked as an art teacher in East London, where he was inspired by the Bangladeshi refugee children he encountered there,

“They taught me about simplicity of design, strength of colour and fluidity of brush strokes.”

Animals and other toys may also be commissioned. Cats, Dogs, Whales and Ponies are particular specialities.

The Whales and Jonah - Hand Carved in wood

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

Handmade wooden toys 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 wooden toy, 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

The Whale and Jonah

The story of a man trapped in a whale: In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus makes a reference to Jonah when he is asked for a miraculous sign by the Pharisees and teachers of the Law. Jesus says that the sign will be the sign of Jonah. Jesus implies that Jonah’s restoration after three days inside the great whale prefigures His own resurrection.