Featuring hundreds of hand-painted clay figurines made by Azorean artisans ... Many moving elements give life to the nativity scene. The annual display stems from a collaboration between ...

“This year I need that donkey.” A studio in Greeneville, Tennessee, makes molds of Bechtel’s original clay sculptures. Bechtel’s Nativity scene is cast in high quality urethane resin with ...

Each piece is unique, made from materials ranging from ceramics, clay and wood, to silver, pewter and glass. One of the Peruvian nativity sets has a tapir and a zaino instead of the common mule and ox ...