The Flight into Egypt resting Joseph 25 cm, Angela Tripi

The Flight into Egypt, resting Joseph 25 cm, Angela Tripi.
After so much walking, the Holy Family stops in the shade of a large tree. Once tied, the donkey sits under the foliage to rest. The manger is in the shade, Joseph sits down. Fatigue catches him as he watches little Jesus sleep: he leans against a root and slowly closes his eyes. Over them Mother Mary watches, represented by the gesture of covering the Son with a cloth. A scene that tells the Holy Family as if it were a modest family, but full of love and sincere gestures, like many others. The tree is hand-made following a long process: every leaf is made of fabric and inserted individually. Also all the nativity set 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 nativity figurine 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, rending each figurine a unique collectible. Adapted for a 25 cm nativity scene.