A Collectible?
Hummel Collectibles
Germany

A Hummel figure is more than a simple figure. It has long ago received the title of nobility, making it a collectible, and entitling it to be a coveted icon of collectors, fan clubs and limited series. It is also a well-deserved and posthumous tribute to the humble artistic genius of a religious sister who wanted people to look at holy figures with children's eyes and behold them with a child's heart. Her porcelain creations are like a passport to paradise lost, for a time at least.

The presentation of this set breaks with the traditional alignment of crèche figures, clustering them in groups and according to levels.  Using the primary Hummel colors of red and blue to divide and regroup, Michel Forest imparts new intensity to the central actors, and consigns magi and shepherds to reverent distance.  Thus, a collectible is no longer only a collectible but becomes a ladder of ascent to greater aesthetic and religious awareness