The Olive tree wood is blessed in the Holy Books.
it is used for artcrafts .After special care from professional and skilled workers who have inharited their skills from their anciestors, After storing the trunks and branches of dead Trees, in a suitable enviroment for many years, the artisits builld their master pieces.
Through the years, the cities of Bethlehem and Beit Sahour have been speciallized specefically in olive wood Items< of which the most are with religious significance, such as crosses, nativity sets, folders, rosaries, and statues.
Recent Productions Include, also, a non religious items such as Camels, Horses, Donkeys, ... etc.
Olive Wood Pieces have a very important features;  In addition to thier high quality sculpturing and finishing, such as solidity, and fixed colours.
This is why olive wood items are of the most demanded Items.
As all production is Manual, each piece is unique in it's colour, size, and nature.
The available names and numbers are for reference Purposes only.
Mother Of Pearl sculpting is an ancient Folklore art in the Holy city of Bethlehem,
the MP Shells are been taken from the sea depthes and they are been cut to tiny little pieces. and the ncollected in bigger master pieces, this adequate process needs skill and profissionality in order to get to the aimed form.
the Mother of Pearl's Colour remains "alve" as if it is allready taken fromthe sea depth. It doesn't loos e it's colour