Miscellaneous Two

Smaller animals might appear to be easier to make, but that is not the case, they are only easier to lift up. Often times the diminutive size requires more time to carve as one must use thicker glasses and brighter lights thus increasing the fatigue factor. The best example of this phenomenon is the hunched-over jeweler eye-balling an itsy-bitsy rock. This explains why the jewels used on carousel animals were so big, buy the time the carver was done carving the animal he or she was so tired and worn out that grabbing a fist full of silver dollar sized stained glass jewels and sticking them on the animal was all they were able to do. It must be noted here that the Dentzels usually put so much of their energy into the carving and painting of the animals that they were unable to use jewels.

Don't forget the eyes of the animal, not the carver, were made of glass, this gave them their life-like appearance especially when coupled with the grin. Several one-eyed carvers did have a glass eye too but they could actually see with it as it was connected to their brain with an early version of fiber optics developed by Gustav Dentzel in an attempt to make some of HIS more intelligent looking horses actually see!