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Most
carved wood items are nowadays produced with the aid of machines (pantographs),
which allow a consistent reduction of production time. The incidence
of labour needed for a fully hand-carved wooden item on the production
cost is relevant, thus making its sale price almost equal to the price
of an antique. This is the reason why true masters of hand woodcarving
have almost disappeared; as far as price is concerned, their creations,
in fact, cannot compete with items made with the aid of pantographs
(including machine-rough-hewed items which are only finished off by
hand). However, there is an important factor which should be born
in mind, namely that machine-carved items cannot equal the artistic
beauty of fully hand-carved creations. In fact, from an artistic point
of view items created by means of pantographs are often unrefined
and rough, whereas hand-carved creations undoubtedly have a superior
artistic quality. The works of the master woodcarver Mr Eugenio Chirico
are fully hand-carved, without using pantographs. This can be noticed
by simply observing carving details, all different from one another,
or the surface of the wood, which bears the unmistakable marks of
the gouge, or, most important of all, Mr Chirico’s typical scroll
(a large curl), which cannot be reproduced by machine (click here
to see some stages of hand-carving carried out by Mr Chirico). As
a general rule, jelutong wood ( of Malaysian origin) is used for carving,
because of its softness and absence of knags. However, the carver
is able to work any kind of wood, so as to meet the customers’ particular
requirement. The articles we present on this web page are part of
the regular production, and, by request, can also be reproduced in
different measures. All articles presented on this web site are in
stock; custom-made articles will be commissioned to the woodcarver. All prices are in Euro and include 20% VAT. Goods purchased by people who are not resident in the European Union are not subject to VAT, therefore it must be deducted from the given price (price for non-European citizens is equal to= given price : 1,2). Prices do not include shipping, which depends on the type of object purchased, its weight and the delivery address, and therefore will be communicated afterwards. If you wish to receive a detailed description of an object in French, English or German, please contact info@craftart.it. |
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CERTIFICATION: A detailed description, as published on the web site, is provided with each purchased item, together with the delivery note. The certification guarantees that the article was entirely hand carved. WITHDRAWAL RIGHT: If the customer, after the delivery of the purchased items, is not fully satisfied with them, he is granted the right to return them, paying only shipping charges for the delivery to its home and return to our warehouse, in any case with no need to justify his decision (please return the delivery note and our receipt together with the goods). This right can be exercised within 14 days from receipt of goods. As soon as the returned goods are delivered at our premises, and after checking that they are not damaged, we will immediately refund the purchase price (net of shipping charges) by means of bank transfer. ORDER
CONFIRMATION AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS: we suggest to customers
making their first order to Craft Art and wishing to examine the goods
before paying to make use of Escrow, a payment service which allows
a secure transaction for both customer and seller; in fact: 1) The
customer reaches an agreement upon price and conditions directly with
the seller; 2) the customer pays the agreed price to Escrow (not to
the seller) by whatever means he prefers (credit card, bank transfer,
postal order, cheque or cash); 3) the seller ships the goods; 4) the
customer has 14 days at its disposal, in order to examine the goods
and approve them; 5) once the customer confirmed his approval of the
goods, Escrow transfers the money to the seller. If the customer,
after examining the goods, does not find them satisfactory and wants
to return them, Escrow refunds the purchase price immediately (net
of shipping charges). Alternatively,
the customer may decide to pay by means of direct bank transfer to
the seller’s bank account (the right to return the goods within 14
days from receipt remains valid in this case also). In this case,
the customer is kindly asked to credit with the total price, including
shipping charges, the following bank account: SHIPPING: shipping of goods is normally made by courier. If the distance makes it possible, we can carry out the delivery personally. WITHDRAWAL RIGHT: If the customer, after the delivery of the purchased items, is not fully satisfied with them, he is granted the right to return them, paying only shipping charges for the delivery to its home and return to our warehouse, in any case with no need to justify his decision (please return the delivery note and our receipt together with the goods). This right can be exercised within 14 days from receipt of goods. As soon as the returned goods are delivered at our premises, and after checking that they are not damaged, we will immediately refund the purchase price (net of shipping charges) by means of bank transfer. For further information, please contact: info@craftart.it |
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