Patience Brewster - Nativity

"My mother made us a nativity from clay that came out to sit on our mantle at Christmas. When it appeared it felt like a hushed moment and so perfect to me. I loved that we could take the baby Jesus out of the manger and he could go into the arms of Mary and of Joseph. That baby was very well loved. I made a nativity for my children in the same tradition from clay when they were very young. I added an animal here and there, either ones I sculpted or animals I found.

 

Years later I was asked repeatedly to make a nativity. I enjoyed making the kings and their rides, a camel an elephant and a donkey thinking of the carol "We Three Kings". But the holy family seemed very daunting. So many religions to think of.. so many traditions to respect. I worried about halos or no halos. I worried about colors. I worried about interpretations. Finally, after a trip to Italy looking at hundreds of frescoes where lavenders and blues, pinks and tangerines abound, where gilt and winged heads were as prevalent as gray somber haloless heads, I thought I would just draw what seemed right to me. I did what artists have always done and painted what felt true to the story of the first Christmas."

Patience Brewster

 

New for 2012 are Two Reverent Angels who join a gentle new Shepherdess and her Shepherd Collie and Corgi as the multiple new additions to Patience’s Nativity set, these designs are now available!

 

You can either purchase individual nativity pieces or the complete set - see below.

 

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