Sitting shepherd with bird cage 30 cm, Angela Tripi

Sitting shepherd with bird cage 30 cm, Angela Tripi.
The man is sitting next to the cage with a lot of birdseed. He looks for customers in the market crowd and, to keep the birds active, show them the seeds. He seems absorbed in thoughts, with a sly look, observes the movement of people pouring into the street. He does not yet know that the Savior was born. All the nativity statues are handmade, 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 her 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 amazing realism, never seen before and unrepeatable: her works will never be the same, making each one unique. Adapted for a 30 cm nativity scene.