2008 Edition
ANGELIC NEWS FROM THE WENDT & KĂœHN WORKSHOPS
Free Customer Magazine
birthday angel 85 years of green wings and eleven white dots
Happy 85th Birthday: A cherubic bearer of best wishes on behalf of all our angel siblings
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Dear eleven dot post readers Contents Dear Wendt & Kühn collectors and friends, Our angels are celebrating a milestone birthday! These famous little celestial messengers with their spruce-green wings and 11 white dots will be 85 this year! I think you’d have to agree with me – they certainly don’t look their advanced age. With their short white frocks, perky ringlets and sweet faces, they’ve clearly retained their childlike charm over all these decades. We have the artistic expressiveness of my Aunt Grete to thank for these timeless figures still bringing joy to young and old alike after 85 years. Quite a remarkable thing, isn’t it?
New Workshop Creations The Birthday Angel hails all siblings on their 85th birthday
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Exclusively Wendt & Kühn Tips and details on where and how to find our figurines
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To commemorate this event, we naturally wanted to do something very special for our angels – and all our friends and collectors who’ve faithfully accompanied us on our decades-long journey. So we’ve sent our Birthday Angel on its way to spread warm joyful wishes on this momentous occasion. We’ve featured our Birthday Angel on the cover and provide more information about this unique figure – only available through early 2009 – on page 4. I would also like to invite you to join us as we peek into our hallowed sanctum – our Sample Cabinet. As one of the most important fixtures of our company, it holds a vast collection of one-of-a-kind designs and rare items from the rich 90-year history of our workshops. In our article on page 9, you can read more about the childhood memories I personally associate with this mystical cabinet and the treasures of a completely different kind we found when renovating it. We moreover present an entire series of beautiful new items in this issue, all available as of 2008 in your favorite outlet. These include a historical Knitting Lady to once again enrich our collections – the first of her kind for more than 60 years. And, as always, you’ll meet another long-time company employee in these pages, one whose family history has been intertwined with our workshops for generations. Gerlinde Lange is the painter who adorns our fanciful Spring Music Boxes with perfected flowers and whimsical details, making this new item into something very special in more ways than one – and bringing you melodic spring greetings from the workshops of Wendt & Kühn.
Tobias Wendt
Tales from the Grand Cabinet Page 9 Delve with us into the secrets of the Grand Sample Cabinet Wendt & Kühn Family Ties Page 12 How our new Spring Music Box is graced with its beautiful features under the sure hand of Gerlinde Lange Kaleidoscope Product changes Open House Days 2008 Diverse news and notes from the world of Wendt & Kühn Imprint
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New Workshop Creations The Grünhainichen Workshops of Wendt & Kühn, delighted to again bring forth a full medley of fetching new creations this year, would now like to introduce you to them in all their finery – our irresistible Birthday Angel leading the pack.
650/67 Angel with barrel-organ
650/85 Birthday Angel
650/16a Angel with triangle, sitting
The year 2008 is dedicated to the 85th birthday of the famous little angels with the spruce-green wings and eleven white dots. The celebration also carries through to our new series for this year – with the sweetest anniversary wishes in this Year of the Angel being carried on the wings of a very special emissary: the exclusive Wendt & Kühn Birthday Angel. Like each of her many siblings, our Birthday Angel also sports the unmistakable green wings which have made our cherubs so famous all throughout the world. Our Birthday Angel will only be available through early 2009. This special creation commemorates the long history of these angels with their green wings and eleven white dots: the very first celestial musician made its trade fair debut in 1923, kicking off a triumphal procession of winsome white-frocked herald angels that has yet to cease. These very first angels came bearing a violin, a flute and a torch, by the way. Our diminutive cherubs are very sociable creatures, continually embracing new instruments and pursuits over the years. Today, in addition to 66 musical emissaries, the Grünhainichen angel flock comprises 50 other winged creatures (including Cupid and Angels on Sleds). Our angels were celebrated as far back as the 1937 World’s
650/90/43 Angel with bassoon on clip
Stork, Stork, O Worthy, a brother bring to me! Stork, Stork, O Glory, a sister if please be! – The Wendt & Kühn stork Stork with baby, girl (Art. 5254/11r), Little stork, on two legs (Art. 5254/2), Stork with baby, boy (Art. 5254/11b)
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650/130/2 Angel with violin, suspended
650/70/3 Angel with flute in a star
brings a particularly cherished gift bundle (left to right):
634/70/12 Marguerite angel with hare & carrot
634/70/11 Marguerite angel with knitting needle & thread
Fair in Paris, taking home the Gold Medal and the Grand Prix. The Birthday Angel is the youngest figure of this successful angel series, her colorful blossom a sure sign of many more fruitful years over which the medley of tiny angels will continue to flourish. Our Birthday Angel is accompanied by an entire flock of other darling cherubs, poised to strike up a melodic birthday round with their array of instruments. The Angel with Bassoon on clip demonstrates her aptitude with this very demanding instrument while our Sitting Angel with Triangle has it much easier – although both are as charming as can be! Another very special addition is the Angel with Barrel Organ. The elaborate design of the ornate barrel organ evokes a wistful touch of nostalgia. Looking down on the whole spectacle from her lofty perch in a star, the Angel with Flute delights in her place of honor in this celestial angelic orchestra. For many years our suspended angel graced the heavens alone, but as of 2008, we will be issuing a new suspended angel every single year, beginning with the Suspended Angel with Violin – the perfect addition to your Christmas tree or even as a lucky charm at home or at work. Naturally, when the topic of birth-
634/70/10 Marguerite angel with light ring
days comes up, the topic of birth is sure to follow. To mark such a joyful event, Wendt & Kühn now presents a particularly jubilant memento: a long-legged Stork with Swaddled Infant – guided by a sweet little angel on his back. On slim red legs, our stork strides through the grass to bring this blessed baby to its new home. You can even specify exactly what he should deliver – a baby boy or baby girl. Tiny pink or light blue dots on the stork’s bundle are an immediate clue as to the treasure snuggled inside. An engaging series of sweet, innocent Marguerite Angels first came to life on Olly Wendt’s drawing board in 1935, although at that time only in very limited editions. More than 70 years later, Wendt & Kühn decided to re-issue these precious treasures, three each in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Due to the strong demand voiced by our collectors, this series was then continued in 2008. The “Marguerite Angel with light ring”, the “Marguerite Angel with knitting needle & thread” and the “Marguerite Angel with hare & carrot” have now secured their spot within this group of merry little ambassadors and will certainly gladden the heart of any collector come Christmastime.
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5210/41a Special figurine 2008, „Bavarian Boy"
Spring Awakening (left to right): Girl with watering can (Art. 5221/1), Girl with rake (Art. 5221/2) and Butterfly on flowers (Art. 5221/3)
Spring awakens and with it, the growing desire to work wonders in one’s own garden. With watering can and rake, our two industrious gardeners clear all traces of winter away from their freshly-sprouting flowers and work the soil to ensure the most cheerful blossoms all summer long. Even a colorful butterfly has already alighted atop the small mound of flowers to herald in the coming of summer. Much love for detail and a whimsical childlike design make these spring figures tiny ambassadors of the joy and smiles which spring bestows on us all. For the Goose Family, today is a festive day at the big pond: Mrs. Goose and Mr. Gander, decked out in their finest, make a courtly pair on parade. Her light blue bow is fashionably paired with her elegant stand-up collar and jaunty yellow wide-brimmed bonnet. Not to be outdone when it comes to elegance, Mr. Gander sports a crisp black top hat and a proper yellow walking stick – a truly dapper figure. First day of school – what an unforgettable event! These tots, so excited to soon join the ranks of the Big Kids, have donned their finest, too – a favorite dress and a smart suit. And what would the first day of school be without a book satchel on one’s back – finally, they are Schoolchildren for all the world to see! Bursting with
pride, they each also have their own huge school cone – heavy, yes, but certainly not a burden as they are packed to the brim with goodies and treats to make this first day of school all that much sweeter.
5241/5 Schoolboy with hat
5241/6 Schoolgirl with pigtails
Rendezvous at the Village Pond With Goose (Art. 5253/3) figurines from the current Wendt & Kühn collection looking
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5311/6 Carpenter with hacksaw and plane
and Gander (Art. 5253/4) – two beautiful feathered as spry and spring-fresh as ever.
5311/5 Brickie with brick and trowel
Collectors of our annual figure editions now have twice as much reason to celebrate: the whimsical Bavarian Girl, our nominated Figure of the Year for 2007, is no longer alone! She met her new friend on her stroll into the city – Bavarian Boy, whom we now present as our 2008 Figure of the Year. Perhaps even our own Cupid had a hand in this chance encounter… As with all our annual editions, our dashing Bavarian Boy comes in his own elegant passepartout presentation box to lend a worthy setting to his genteel nature. To see the most industrious of craftsmen at work, simply step into our workshops. These are worlds unto themselves, filled not only with innumerable tinkering hands creating our unmistakable figurines, but also where our own genuine journeymen come to life from simple pieces of wood. Three of them have been on their journey travels since 2007; wherever they go, winning the hearts of all those who appreciate fine craftsmanship. They are now joined by an energetic Brickie with Brick and Trowel and Carpenter with Hacksaw and Plane. Grete Wendt created the altogether seven-man group of figures after the end of World War II as
Dresden was being rebuilt. Today, apart from devoted collectors, these industrious lads also delight all those with a vested interest in the building trades whether as a do-it-yourselfer or a seasoned professional – perfect to commemorate passing a Journeyman or Master craftsman examination or finally moving into a home of one’s own. Two sweet little girls in polka-dot summer dresses dance around a nosegay of blossoms atop our enchanting Spring Music Box (illustration on page 8). All the while, the 18-tone Swiss music works plays the melody: “Kommt ein Vogel geflogen” (“A Bird Comes A-Flying”). Frolicking with unbridled joy amidst the warm sunbeams, the two children scamper across the flowering meadow to pick daisies for their mother. Particularly distinctive is the elaborate hand-painted body with its colorful swath of flowers. To exemplify all our music box painters responsible for the blossoming of such miniature works of art, we will introduce you to Gerlinde Lange on pages 12-13. We recently roused this design from its decades-long slumber in our archives. How wonderful that these carefree children now once again dance their springtime roundel for us! What better way to crown the end of a beautiful day than with a nostalgic Evening Song (illustration on page 8) from an artistically hand-painted Wendt & Kühn music box? Already in our collection for many years, this beautiful music box now also comes with a wind-up mechanism. The richly painted body of this melodic work of art is an enchanting depiction of a sleepy village under a star-studded sky. A little girl kneels atop the music box singing a lullaby to her baby sibling and gently rocking the infant to sleep. The assortment of tiny trinkets strewn next to the girl attests to an eventful day full of play, fun and gaiety. Rainy afternoons are meanwhile made cozy by inviting a few close friends over for a relaxing knitting circle. The knitting needles clink, the fresh coffee steams and the chit-chat abounds.
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5318/14A Music box Evening song Soon after their introduction in the 1930s, these Knitting Ladies enjoyed great and lasting popularity. (top photo: Painter Luise Otto; bottom photo: New, unfinished figurines await completion)
5318/47A Music box Round dance
The re-issue of our classic Knitting Ladies showcases their beautiful handiwork as never before. These full-figured ladies have been at the top of collector wish lists for many years. They hide balls of yarn under their skirts; the ends pulled out to the knitting needles from small bags on their arms. These Knitting Ladies made their first appearance in 1930/31 in a grand assortment of colors and shapes. Beginning in 2008, we are reissuing the first of these figurines in what will again become an extensive series. This charming young lady in the Biedermeier style, captivating in her fancy white hat and pink dress bedecked with dainty daisies, is a true gem. You can now look forward to a new Knitting Lady every year – because these ladies are at their finest among company.
Invitation to Afternoon Tee The Knitting Biedermeier (Art. 5272/8) invites you to revive a relaxing tradition – enchantingly embellished and sure to inspire a new collecting craze..
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Colorful Tales from the Sample Cabinet Anyone who has ever visited our workshops in Grünhainichen can regale you with tales from what is undoubtedly our company’s most famous room: the Sample Room with its huge Sample Cabinet. The door directly on your right when you enter the old half-timbered house opens to a room in which the company’s most cherished treasures have been sheltered for more than 90 years. The heart of the Sample Room is the huge Sample Cabinet, among the new company’s first acquisitions shortly after its founding; in fact, this was the very first company-owned furnishing. By now, it’s simply inconceivable to think of our workshops without it. The Sample Cabinet which Grete Wendt had built still stands in the same place as it did when she commissioned it. Long ago needing to be enlarged, its vintage aura is what makes it so special to visitors coming to view its display of samples from our world of figurines. And as it was, so it remains: as if peering into a great opened book, those who come to visit simply stand in awe before it. These beautiful pieces from Wendt’s visionary “toys and knick-knacks” roots have lost none of their power to enchant. Even as we call it our “grand” Sample Cabinet, it is of course still too small to hold all the figurines and music boxes created since the company was founded. One spies many unusual things when standing mesmerized in front of the cabinet – models and items no longer made today yet all still indicative of the tremendous diversity of designs epitomizing the Wendt & Kühn world. The Sample Cabinet holds a few hundred different creations from the workshops: angel musicians, blossom kinder, soldiers, fairy tale figures and many other diverse treasures. Hundreds more sketches are archived in thick design portfolios awaiting the day when they, too, turned into a beloved wooden cohort or enchanting music box, will be given a place of honor in our Sample Cabinet. Grete Wendt and her many children The founder commissioned the construction of the Sample Cabinet in 1920.
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The Sample Cabinet today Renovated in 1997, the Wendt & Kühn Sample Room grants a vision of the fertile world of figurines created in the workshops. Besides for the bounty of figures, documents detailing the company’s eventful history and other examples of our artistic trove are also on display.
This repository is thus a stable constant at Wendt & Kühn. Much has changed in the years since its acquisition, yet the Sample Cabinet itself remains. The old publishing house is no longer being used as a private dwelling today, instead now accommodating the offices of the workshops and a charming retail shop. The room in which the Sample Cabinet stands also serves exclusively as the Sample Room today. In earlier times, it was simultaneously used as the office for processing orders from all over the world. “I can still remember the huge map of the world which used to hang in the Sample Room and how much it fascinated me when I was just a kid,” relates Tobias Wendt, today’s managing director of the workshops. “The map was crammed with countless pins, each one symbolizing a customer somewhere in the world.”
In bygone days, the three glass doors of the Sample Cabinet were lined with fabric to conceal its mysterious contents. When the doors would then be opened, a chorus of “Ooohs” and “Ahhhs” would go up around the room as visitors were overcome by the sight of all the treasures inside. The legendary checkered fabric which made the whole experience so suspenseful was removed many years ago so that the contents of the cabinet are now immediately visible to all who enter
the room. The old half-timbered house, where our Sample Room has always been located, was lovingly renovated in 1997. In the process, the old Sample Cabinet was also disassembled and then rebuilt by skilled specialists. It received a new coat of paint as well as interior lighting and now gleams again with all its former splendor. This renovation work also unearthed something utterly unexpected: a stockpiled wealth in the hollow spaces within the cabinet’s lower section – flour
The treasure in the false floor A hidden reserve of foodstuffs as well as bottles of wine and spirits were stashed away under the false floor of the Sample Cabinet – until being rediscovered during the 1997 renovations.
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The Sample Room was also used as an office: shown here with Gertrud Hunger in the 1930s.
and sugar at the far left, bottles of wine in the middle, and hard liquor on the right. The wine dates from 1935 to 1938 and bears the labels: “Olly” and “Grete”. The two ladies had probably squirreled these supplies away in 1945 as a hidden reserve and simply forgot about them after the war – they certainly had more important things to do at the time: Grete Wendt had to see to securing goods so production could continue, finding options and material to keep the workshop areas heated, not to mention coming to terms with the new post-war conditions. The Sample Cabinet meanwhile also survived this era, symbolizing the conscientious overseeing of the venerable inheritance left by founders Grete Wendt and Grete Kühn as well as designer Olly Wendt. In the course of the 1997 renovations, not only the Sample Cabinet, but the entire Sample Room was given a facelift. Many additional display cases, designed to match
Colorful focal point The sample cabinet behind a sea of flowers on the company’s 25th anniversary in 1940
the external character of the original Sample Cabinet, were added to supplement our showroom and to feature numerous further designs that simply would not fit into the Sample Cabinet. And yet even these additional display areas are wholly insufficient to showcase all the designs created within these walls since the company’s founding in 1915. How large would a cabinet have to be to hold all our designs? That will probably always remain a mystery because we’d have to find room for one thousand creations… and counting!
International views Longstanding company head Hans Wendt opens the doors of the Sample Cabinet for customers from the USA (left to right: Linda Thomas; Rolf Claas † – former sales manager for Wendt & Kühn; Hans Wendt; Mrs Whitehurst from the Whitehurst company). Photo taken in 1989/1990.
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Wendt & Kühn Family Ties
Gerlinde Lange with her pride and joy Some of the bodies she has painted for our 2008 reissue of the Music Box “Round Dance”.
Gerlinde Lange, just turned 57, has spent more than two-thirds of those years at Wendt & Kühn. The allure of the cherubic little figurines is somehow in the family blood: her mother was a gluer at Wendt & Kühn and her son works in the undercoating department. Such family ties are not that uncommon at our workshops – many employees seem to feel so “at home” here anyway, as if working together in one big family. Gerlinde Lange began her career as a painter; since 1971, she has specialized in the artistic adorning of our music boxes. She is currently working on our new intricately-painted Music Box “Round Dance” – for an experienced painter like her, a particularly ambitious and rewarding task because it demands a great deal of skill and intuitiveness: “It’s especially important to distribute the flowers evenly across the body. After all, the overall end effect should be a picturesque illustration,” Gerlinde explains. Gerlinde also has a very special relationship with flowers in her spare time: “I love to putter around in my own flower garden,” she relates. “Sometimes I also paint everyday items drawing on my own ideas.
This has led to turning many different cabinets, chipwood boxes and other items into unique, colorful showpieces.” Nice to be able to combine hobby and career in such a delightful way! Among her favorite activities at work is all that which involves free painting, for example the savings banks, the “Evening Song” Music Box and the new Music Box “Round Dance”. The bodies for the new Music Box “Round Dance” are painted in Gerlinde’s department. Only afterwards are the music works set in place. “We use a dozen colors and just as many different brushes and paint the bodies for the music boxes in 17 consecutive production steps,” says Gerlinde in allowing some of the inside story. Each music box she paints reflects her own personal style. “I can pick them out again immediately. One can see the small idiosyncrasies that every painter has. They’re minimal, but each music box painter has his or her own style,” says Gerlinde. Gerlinde runs through part of her work day as a music box painter for us: “Usually the hardest thing is creating an even surface. Then the music boxes first get primed and smoothed before applying two layers of varnish. The varnish coats
are painted on with a brush, we use copal resin to get the primer’s surface so smooth and glossy. Then the music boxes are painted with their individual designs, for instance with stars for the Angel Music Box or the colorful flower garden for our Music Box ‘Round Dance’.” But does Gerlinde herself have a personal favorite? “No,” she replies, “I find them all wonderfully charming. Although I do have a special affinity for the old Knitting Lady which we found in unpainted individual pieces when we cleared out the attic back in the 70’s. My old colleague Mr. Karlheinz Börner painstakingly restored and painted her for me.” Gerlinde says that her work has not changed much over the nearly 40 years that she’s been at Wendt & Kühn. Her routine is pretty much the same as it was when she first started. The designs are the same, only the paints were applied in somewhat thinner coats in the past, making them seem more like a glaze. It’s safe to say that the only thing to have undergone a dramatic change is her actual
Music box painting in the 1950s
Gerlinde Lange as we all know her, never without a ready smile
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Music box painting It takes many strokes of the brush to bring the colorful springtime meadow into bloom and turn the wooden body of the music box into a miniature work of art.
workplace. While the painters still work in the same building, the rooms today are light, airy and spacious – a far cry from the 1970s standard. Of course, anyone who has worked as long at Wendt & Kühn as Gerlinde Lange has is also lucky enough to have known the founder of the workshops, Grete Wendt. Lange has fond memories of that time: “Since the train schedule didn’t mesh very well with my work schedule in the 70’s, myself and some other colleagues would stay late in the workshop two days a week. Grete Wendt would often come through the paint shop during those late hours and enjoyed shooting the breeze with us. While we laughed and kidded around, we also learned a lot from her about painting techniques and color effects. The thing that was always closest
to her heart was making sure that all her winsome creations presented that overall adorable impression,” recalls Gerlinde. Gerlinde especially enjoys having contact with the customers. “It’s so nice when you realize how much enjoyment our figures bring to other people,” she says. One experience she had on an Open House Day stands out in particular for her and her eyes light up as she relates it: “People take a lot of photographs of us during our Open House Days. Two visitors – a father and his daughter – took a photo of myself and a colleague. They were very interested in our work and we chatted for a long time. One year later, here come the same two again and they gave us an 8" x 10" blowup of the photo they took of us the previous year. Isn’t that the sweetest gesture?
They are true Wendt & Kühn fans and they always come to all our Open House Days.” After work, Gerlinde can usually be found relaxing in her idyllic home at the edge of the forest in the neighboring village of Floßmühle. There was never any desire to leave her home village: “I was born just a few houses down, this is where I grew up, where I spent my entire life. This is where my roots and my lifelong friends are, it just never crossed my mind to move away from here, even if I miss my grandchildren in Ulm dearly.” We at Wendt & Kühn are very happy to hear that; it means that Gerlinde Lange will be painting many more music boxes to come in her beloved accomplished style.
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Kaleidoscope Some of our figures will also celebrate their swan song in 2008 as their manufacture will thereafter cease for a time and they snuggle back into the Grünhainichen Sample Cabinet. The full listing below reveals all the pieces which will not be available from Wendt & Kühn after 2008 for at least five years: 5210/41a Special figurine 2008 ”Bavarian Boy” 5220/1-6 Harvest children, 6 figurines 5223/1-2 Pair of gardeners 5231/4b Girl with doll’s pram, blue 5231/4r Girl with doll’s pram, red 5231/7 Girl with doll’s pram 5241/3-4 Pair of city schoolchildren 5280 Tom Thumb with seven-league boots, small 5322/5 Removal cart with Tyrolean couple 5232/2r Angel praying, pink 5232/2w Angel praying, white 5232/3 Angel with baby 5232/4 Angel with flute 5232/5 Angel with star 5232/6 Angel with book 5232/9 2 Angels in an archway 6224/1 Skier, 1 pair 634/13 Angel with tree and basket 650/85 Birthday Angel (only avail. until early 2009) 5201/B Pyramid 5271/10 Saving box ”Wendt & Kühn Sterntaler“
A few of the figures we will produce for the last time in 2008: Angel with baby (Art. 5232/3), 2 Angels in an archway (Art. 5232/9), Angel with tree and basket (Art. 634/13).
In the company of Angels and Blossom Kinder Would you also like to come visit our sweet little angels on the occasion of their 85th birthday and celebrate such a momentous event with them? Then please consider this your cordial invitation to stop by our workshops during our Open House Days! We are again opening the doors to our workshops in October and November and giving all friends and fanciers of our creations an unforgettable peek behind the scenes. You’ll be right in the middle of all the action as our skilled lathe masters expertly transform simple pieces of wood into intricate parts for our adorable angels. Look over the shoulders of our gluers as they glue ringlets onto the tiny figures and marvel at our painters’ creativity in giving each little angel their own individual character. More than 30 employees will be on hand to greet you and answer any questions you might have about how we produce our figures. As showcased elsewhere in this issue, this will also be your chance to view our famous Sample Room! There’s a lot waiting for you at every turn here. We transform our entire company into a colorful setting, dazzling displays decorated and adorned in gorgeous Christmas finery. Our smallest guests will be able to refine their own creative instincts in our arts and crafts corner and construct a train, a fire engine or a small cradle. Kids can even paint their finished
Gorgeous Wendt & Kühn Kinder warm the hearts of all our visitors on our Open House Days.
miniature masterpieces themselves. We will of course serve refreshments and also have a selection of cake and coffee available for purchase. Open House Days 2008/2009 Wendt & Kühn in Grünhainichen, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day: 31 Oct - 2 Nov 2008 (Reformation Day) 29 - 30 Nov 2008 (First Advent) 21 - 23 May 2009 (Ascension Day) Wendt & Kühn World of Figures Gallery in Seiffen, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day: 18 - 19 Oct 2008 (Day of Traditional Crafts) 11 - 12 April 2009 (Easter)
Rapt enthusiasm Children have the opportunity to create true works of wooden art with their own hands along Tinkerer’s Row – each step naturally under attentive and supportive eyes.
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I have enjoyed my visit to the store and factory. I came all the way from Pennsylvania this year to attend your open house.“ E.S. Krall, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA “How wonderful to see your exquisite little figurines. The tiny angels with their ringlets, chubby little legs and white frocks are so beloved, especially around Christmastime, we’re so grateful that your traditional company exists. We were at the Grünhainichen Open House – simply gorgeous!” S. Dietrich, Waldheim, Germany Our delightfully decorated Photo Corner offers a unique backdrop for beautiful souvenir photos of your visit to Wendt & Kühn.
“...As a devoted reader of the eleven dot post, I would like to thank all the com Voices and Thoughts pany employees for the wonderful day “We once went on holiday to Grün- your little angels and are happy to receive I had touring the workshops and the hainichen and now we always visit once the English issue of your magazine.” patience every single person I spoke with a year – lovely little town with big-time Fitzie Wallace, Virginia, USA showed in answering my questions... It artistry!” was definitely worth the drive. And I plan B. Hempel, Klipphausen, Germany “Thank you for many years of childhood to return.” memories with my favorite angels! They Dr. M. Schneider, Naundorf, Germany “Thank you so much for the lovely eleven are truly treasured in my family!” dot post. We are passionate collectors of Lauren Lazzaro, Westwood, USA
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“At the outbreak of World War Two, my father built a bunker in our garden with armor plates and timber cladding while he was on leave from the front. When the air raid sirens would go off, we’d race to the bunker and sit on wooden boxes which held various items, among them Wendt & Kühn figurines .... I would like to ask you to repair one such war-damaged Angel child – a very special and priceless keepsake ...” B. Behrends, Magdeburg, Germany
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