Synneva Norwegian Nisse
Synneva is a mushroom gatherer. She knows all of the best parts of the forest in which to find her favorite edible mushrooms, as well as when they are ready to pick. Synneva gathers just enough mushrooms to make a tasty dinner, along with some extras to leave at neighbors' doorsteps. The rest, however, she leaves for her woodland friends -the deer, bears and rabbits - to enjoy as well.
Synneva is 9" inches tall, from the bottom of her boots to the top of her head. She is wearing a woven yarn-dyed Japanese cotton skirt, with handstitched patches. She has cotton velveteen leggings, and a blouse made of linen and cotton. Around her neck is a glass drop. Her hat is linen and her woven shawl is linen/cotton. Her boots are ultrasuede, now partially made with plant material. Around her shoulder hangs her mushroom collecting bag, made of heavy linen and embellished with a glass bead. We make her mushrooms from clay.
Synneva's face is hand sculpted using felt over clay. Her eyes are handblown hand painted German glass. Her hair is made from flax fiber. She is stuffed with a combination of recycled glass pellets and organic cotton stuffing.
Far away, in the small mountainous country of Norway, there live a variety of creatures known in Nordic folklore as trolls. These trolls, and their numerous relations, come in all shapes and sizes, from the big ugly mountain trolls, to the small elflike Nisse.
For the most part, they make their homes in the jagged, pine-covered mountains, and spend their days wandering through the beautiful still valleys, surrounded by dark pine trees with only the sound of the wind and the little tumbling streams. Unlike most trolls, which prefer to spend their days with little human contact, ?Nisse? has a special place as an unseen helper in the home.
At Christmas time, Norwegians offer some small tokens of recognition and affection to the Nisse to show that they are accepted as they are- not outwardly beautiful but faithful in all their ways. In return, the Nisse takes good care of the family in the coming year.
All Folklore Norwegian Elf Dolls share the following features:
- Hats are wired for the perfect elf look!
- Handmade pompoms or tassels made from natural fibers.
- Lined tunics of hand loomed cotton, cotton velveteen, linen or other natural fiber.
- Garment dyed cotton or linen sleeves.
- Bamboo felt or ultra-suede mittens.
- Hand sewn patches
- Hand embroidered eyebrows and German glass eyes.
- Felt face, individually hand sculpted. Neck joint allows head to turn.
- Hemp or flax beard and hair, created from raw natural fiber.
- Bodies filled with glass pellets and kapok, or organic cotton stuffing.
- Wired arms for posing and holding important elf possessions.
- Brass or lead-free pewter embellishments: keys, acorns, etc.
- Cotton velveteen legs, filled with glass pellets, jointed at the knees for sitting.
- Ultra-suede boots.
- Hand made accessories.
- 9" high (8" when seated on the cedar wood base).
- A sustainable solid pine stump seat and Folklore of the Nisse story tag are included with each figure.
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