The Son of a Carpenter In the quiet streets of Spišská Sobota, a young man began to observe the world with a precision that would define his legacy. Born into a family where craftsmanship was a way of life, he was the son of Fridrich Wallachy, a carpenter, and Karolína Žofia Schwarczová. This lineage of makers likely influenced his early hand, as his first preserved works emerged when he was only eighteen years old. He did not merely s…