THE EASTER DIORAMA™
Actually, The Easter Diorama™ portrays two scenes that are designed and built
into one structure. The first scene is the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and two
thieves, which are commonly referred to as the "The Good Thief" and The Bad
Thief". The second scene is the depiction of the foundation of Christian Faith,
the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The front of the structure is Golgotha, "The Skull", and it is the mount on
which Christ was crucified. The three crosses of the figurines are placed on top
of the mount on Ash Wednesday and remain in place until Good Friday at 6:00 PM.
On Good Friday the EASTER DIORAMA™ is turned around with the Sepulcher facing to
the front and the stone closed over the crypt until Easter Sunday morning. The
solitary cross without the figurine is placed in the hole on top above the crypt
until Easter Sunday morning. On Easter Sunday the light is turned on inside the
crypt, and remains on (during normal day hours, not permanently) until the
Ascension or Pentecost whichever you prefer.
This is our first foray into the world of figurines. The figurines used are the
first created for Christmas City Crèche, in the Christmas City, by commission as
a work for hire. Our sculptor is Dan Kijak and an interpretation of his
creations is in the Artist section. We will expand our Easter Figurine
collection to include biblically recognized characters that were present at the
Crucifixion and the Resurrection on Easter Sunday morning. These figurines will
include Roman soldiers, Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Saint John, the Angel at the
tomb, Mary Magdalene and others.
We have selected Easter as the genesis for the development of our figurines,
because we are not aware of anyone else, such as Fontinini and DiGiovanni, who
are the recognized leaders in the arena of religious figurines, who have
established a presence in this particular wide-open figurine market.
All of the Easter Diorama figurines are handpainted in four styles:
Patina, terra cotta, bronze and hand detail. The detail painted figurines are hand painted in vibrant colors that seem to bring the figurines to life.
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