Two large santons, height 26/27 cm, signed Claude Carbonel, master santon maker in Marseille That's what his website says of this artist: Claude Carbonelé in Marseille, Provence, between the clay and the colours, between his mother Clotilde Carbonel, santon maker and his father Marcel Carbonel, santon maker, him too, son of his father Victor Carbonel and his mother Marie Carbonel, santon makers from the early 20th century, maybe before... To say santon makers from father to son. 1966. It creates its own companies after more than five years of training with his father Marcel Carbonel (best worker of France) who certifies before his departure he has achieved any control of his craft. Business that he will complete over hundreds of creations of models, new ideas, in the respect of Provencal folk traditions. Inventor of the Grand competition of Santons painting who "did play the youngsters of the Provence at the time to be santon maker". Then called by the media ‘Monsieur Crèche’ and later manufactured of million of santons in terracotta to paint that a tanker will distribute across Europe. later, santons dressed worldwide. ‘All my dressed santons are entirely decorated by hand, unique. The body, dressed one after the other with care, in the traditional way, articulated in various parts by wire enabling to change attitudes. All stand on a base in terracotta of Provence (so you become the owner a small ‘piece of Provence’), except sitting models which, are on a wooden chair, have no base. Similarly, the colours of the fabrics can change according to our collections.’ One of the santons has its base damaged but he holds up without any problem Carefully packed tracked international parcel.