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S e c r e t s

Master Carver Peter Calvesbert was having an artistic dilemma. Should he carve a walrus or gorilla? He had just walked his son Sam to school and stopped in the local newsagent to buy his usual wildlife magazine when fate took a hand. The magazine included five pages of fantastic walrus pictures. Many of the pictures showed the walruses squashed together, so Peter decided to explore what could happen if the icecaps do melt and the habitat of these large marine mammals shrinks even more. The inscription “BP 12/12/06” stands for Peter’s Bird of Paradise plant and the date when it finally flowered, after 10 years. Under a tail flipper is the name Lily Allen, an English recording artist whose album Peter listened to non-stop when carving this piece. “RAM 13d” references son Sam’s broken arm (RAM is a scrambled arm and 13d is 13th of December, the date of the accident). Within the box figurine is a walrus concerned about his weight, trying to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables, something Peter generally fails to manage unless one classifies chocolate biscuits as a fruit

Although Harmony Kingdom is still manufactured at Wimberley Mills near Stroud in Gloucestershire, since Martin Perry, the founder retired in August 2005, marketing and shipping of the pieces is done from the USA office at Harmony Ball Company in Ohio. This means that we have to consolidate our orders before having them shipped to us. We are currently taking deliveries about every 6 weeks and so there may be a delay with your order if the piece is not already in stock. We will advise by email. Hope this doesn't cause a problem.