Art on Olive Wood — Attraction in Municipality of Agios Nikolaos

As a wood turner, I visited the shop after seeing it while walking passed. As is common on Crete its full of beautiful olive wood and a few other types of locally sourced timber. Its clear the turner, 'Josef', has a lot of skill at turning various forms and vessels. Prices are high as you would expect of one off items from a professional wood turner. Unfortunately, I found the 'DO NOT TOUCH' signs a bit heavy handed. I like to see the skill of wood turners by having a look all over, especially underneath, to see how much attention they give to peices. These items are designed to be tactile, touched and I feel thats part of wood turning. Taking this away from customers is like having a petting zoo where you cant touch the animals. I can understand that kids with sticky fingers make a mess, but its something you have to live with. Also, some items are fragile, and I can see why they shouldn't be handled. But big thick chopping boards and bowls I cant see any harm in...

One can easily fall in love with the place! Unique and creatively made items, very friendly and helpful staff. It’s great to actually meet and speak to the owner of the store, who does not only run the business but creates the items himself. That gives you some confidence in the fact that everything you see there is handmade, in contrast to a lot of places that pretend to be selling handmade things which by some weird coincidence are available in a...

An incredible artist! His exceptional artistry and the passion with which he creates his works are an expression of his profound respect for nature. Each of his works is unique and magnificent. I feel compelled to return! :) Greetings...