I haven't made anything out of clay or any other material for a long, way too long, time. I used to make my own jewellery, gifts for my friends and family and back home I have a whole closet with quasi-artistic material - 'quasi' because it's not artistic in its traditional meaning but can be used as such, that is shells, splinters of broken mirror, pieces of used wax ... you name it.
But then I thought, since I wasn't going to be at home for Christmas and New Year's Eve and all other holidays, I might as well make my own Christmas crib this year. So I went to buy some clay - I hoped I would get the orange one but there was only white available - put on some Christmas songs in the background for the sphere and got myself going. A roommate dropped by from time to time to check on my progress and each time I had something different under my hands. I kept smashing what I'd done waiting for an inspiration, hahaha. I had some kind of idea, it just wasn't ripe yet, hahaha. I needed to knead some more.
This is what it came out.
Though it may strike you as obvious, I'd still like to elaborate on the idea behind the visual representation. It's not that original - overwhelmed by all kinds of Christmas scenes, you get the feeling you've seen everything already - but anyway ...
The other three fingers are the worshippers, either the three wise men, the shephers, the angels or simply we, believers, that came to the crib in Bethlehem or/and that keep coming to church.
They all bow to the new-born Jesus child. Jesus lies on God's palm with his arms stretched out in the sign of openness: openness to give and openness to receive. His chest holds a big heart.
Much love,
Mojca
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