Willow Tree – Gentle Animals Of The Stable Figurines For The Christmas Story – 14cm

Willow Tree The Christmas Story Gentle Animals of the Stable Figurines Size: 14cm (tallest figurine) Figures of gray donkey lying down with cream blanket on back, two cream-coloured curly wool sheep, one lying down and one standing, with dark faces, ears and feet. The Christmas Story is the largest-scale nativity created by Susan Lordi. The two-piece set of Mary and Joseph fit with Gentle Animals of the Stable on the wood base of the Sanctuary backdrop. These three animals specifically fit the larger-scale presence of The Christmas Story and Sanctuary. “I wanted these animals to have a calming, yet very stoic, elegant presence – by their gestures, their stance, the turn of their heads. I experimented with colour and texture to give them a softness. I was interested in transforming a hard surface by carving and carving into it until it looked wooly or furry, or in the case of the donkey, had the clothlike surface of a blanket.” – Susan Lordi Hand-painted resin figurines.