Shepherd with amphorae 30 cm, nativity Tripi

Shepherd with amphorae 30 cm, nativity Tripi made of terracotta and cloth by the workshop of Angela Tripi, in Sicily, Italy.
The shepherd puts his amphorae in the wooden box to better transport them. They are heavy, it is clear from the gait of his walk, he struggles. He pauses for a moment and looks towards the horizon. The sky is illuminated with a new light, soon to discover that the Savior was born. All the statues are hand crafted, in terracotta and cloth, with skill and care by the Sicilian artist Angela Tripi. Normally the statues of the traditional nativity scene, for example the Neapolitan one, are made with a skeleton made with fabrics and with the ends in terracotta (the head, hands and feet). In his works, the artist tells a story: each statue is depicted in a moment of his life, thus allowing us to understand the existence of a before and after. Characteristic details often emerge as tense muscles of a slave or the expression lines of an elderly person. Angela Tripi succeeds in giving each shepherd an amazing realism, never seen before and unrepeatable. Adapted for a 30 cm nativity scene.