cute hand-painted lantern 'Elf Tower'

Handmade lanterns against the housing shortage in your own little garden or living room! Our mythical creatures and fairytale characters also need a homely home to feel at home. We have taken on the problem and designed an elf tower as a colourful lantern.

The tower and the removable roof of the lantern are turned by hand on the potter's wheel and were decorated with loving details when leather-hard. Thus, the tower of the handmade elf tower was decorated with a door and various windows including shutters and window sills. Due to the large number of windows, the interior is airy and open - ideal for letting light shine in, but also out! The outside is equipped with peepholes and has been extensively planted with a green vine. Fairy tale creatures like the country style, they say!

A chimney has been added to the roof of the fairy house as a handle. This way it can be easily removed and reveals the inside of the lantern. This is kept very large and offers enough space to be able to place a large pillar candle as well as tea lights. From the outside, thanks to the many windows, it looks as if the fairies are at home in their elf tower - absolutely cosy!

The painting of the facade of the lantern was done by hand. For this, colour bodies (not glazes) were applied individually with a brush. These can only be applied with a very steady hand, an alert eye and take time. The result is that the colours look more natural and can be mixed! To protect the colours, a transparent glaze was applied and the gnome house was fired again.

The handmade lantern is about 21 cm high and weighs about 1.2 kg. The roof has a diameter of 15 cm and the tower of the elf tower has a diameter of 10 cm. The handmade lantern is made of stoneware and has to be stored dry in winter. As garden pottery, it offers a weather-dependent double use in this way and can also be used by the helpers in the living room sometimes!