EMMIE BOESE
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Clayworks at Disability Supports is known for their inclusiveness, and that concept has spread into the holidays.
For the past several months, clients have been working on special and store orders of nativity sets. Katie Kile, a client at Clayworks, said she believes she’s sold about four nativity sets so far.
“It makes me feel like I’m bringing everybody joy and happiness with the things that I make,” said Kile.
Head teacher in the studio Grace Price said the first design she came up with was simple but it was adaptive for some of Clayworks clients disabilities.
"Now almost every single client that we have is able to make nativities, because of its design," said Price.
Kile said she’s glad to be a client at Clayworks and said it feels like family. She said she didn’t have much trouble with the nativity sets because her teachers took each step of the nativity construction process one by one.
“I’ll say that it is a miracle of what I can do with my hands,” Kile said.
Kile said her nativity set includes the aspect of Mary and Jesus looking down on Jesus in the manager and Jesus looking up at them.
“It tells the story of the birth of Jesus and how long it took Mary and Joseph to go to Bethlehem,” Kile said.
More information about The Clayworks at Disability Supports holiday events is available at theclayworks.com. Clayworks Hutchinson is located at 1125 N. Main St. and Clayworks McPherson is located at 107 N. Main St.
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