In my endeavor to do art for fun, I started this project about three years ago. I wanted to make a nativity set for our home, but as you can read in the blogs below, my carving skills aren’t up to par, so I worked with my strengths and went minimal.
I wanted to give the impressions of the characters while using the fewest lines I could. Hopefully by looking at what are essentially randomly shaped blocks, you might instantly see Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and the rest of the Christmas posse. Now that I think of it, minimalism suits the idea of the nativity just fine. What was this gaggle of folks if not simple, albeit, glorious?
While I might have a combined 10 hours of cutting and sanding, it took three years to complete. I am glad to finally see it indoors. I used ash and walnut with gold leaf highlights. What are your favorite pieces?
