This simply stunning Natural Soapstone Nativity speaks volumes of the quiet stillness of the birth of Jesus Christ.  Since this nativity shows the natural colors of the stone, some color variations should be expected. One can often see shades of cream, gray, pink, and brown in the design, just as uniquely gorgeous as each of God's children.
 
Every item of our Soapstone collection starts as a huge hunk of stone, mined and hauled form the lushly green hills of southwestern Kenya, before being sawed and hacked by machetes into smaller chunks of soapstone.  Master artisans chisel and carve every piece into its final rough shape, and then more artisans wet sand until it is completely smooth.  Then the hot Kenyan sun dries the soapstone items before different artisans paint or dye them and hand-etch every single message.  So much time and talent, so many hands and so very much love goes into every single soapstone piece.
 
Purchasing just one soapstone piece or all of the Kisii Soapstone pieces provides so many jobs and a sustainable, stable income that provides for each woman artisan's family and the education and university fees for their children in a country where employment is too often nearly impossible for women to find.