11” Tall and weighs 3lbs Fontanini is a family-owned company that has been making figurines since 1908. The company is known for its beautiful, detailed, and durable nativity sets. The artistic process for creating a new figurine or nativity set piece can take up to two years. The process includes: • Design: Lead sculptor Elio Simonetti creates the design • Clay prototype: Simonetti then works on a clay prototype Fontanini figurines are mainly pressed in PVC, a polymer that is prepared according to the company's technical specifications. The plasticity of the PVC allows the details of the original figure to be captured as reported in the mold.