We visited the Denzel American Carousel Museum in Albany yesterday. They are restoring an carousel and making new animals for the ride. It was built in 1909 by the Danzel family. The process for making these works of art take about 2000 manhours each. There is an artist who creates a drawing, then volunteers carve the wood. There are 6 wood carvers with one lead carver and 60 volunteers who also help. It takes 1000 to 1200 hrs to carve and then 400 hrs to paint. After they are painted there is a 5-6 month drying time before they put the clear coat on. They use basswood which has a very tight grain and glue pieces together. They use what they call a coffin style of piecing it together, the one pictures shows how it is hollow in the middle to make them lighter. So far they have 24 done and the carousel will have 56 when done. The building they are in will be tore down in a few years and a new building will be built to house the carousel. The next post shows how much work goes into these.
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