Mass-produced and often made of concrete, they were cheaper and smaller ... Now it’s possible to find statues of gnomes mooning, sitting on the toilet and vomiting rainbows.

Gnomish History The idea of garden statuary goes back to Roman times, and various gnome-like statues appeared in Renaissance gardens in Italy, but the classic garden gnome as we know him today ...

Once upon a time, there was very little choice in the land of concrete lawn ornaments. You had the gnomes, the birdbaths ... When asked why he sells some statues such as black fishing men ...

Political artist Ottmar Hörl captured headlines far away from his hometown of Nuremberg in 2009 when he created garden gnomes performing Nazi salutes . And now he's back to making what he hopes ...