Willy Verginer is a contemporary Italian artist and sculptor who lives and works in Ortisei, Italy. His hyper-realistic sculptures of turned wood are equally poignant and absurd. He has learnt the technique of woodworking and sculpting from the traditions of South Tyrolean craftsmen. Willy Verginer's finely rendered sculptures depict children poking their heads out of cardboard boxes of ...

Kathryn Walmsley is an internationally renowned artist and a member of the NIADA International Dollmakers Association. Her work seamlessly blends the traditions of ancient handicrafts and the artistic vision of the modern puppet maker. What I enjoy most is giving an old story a new twist or creating my own imaginary characters with a touch of humour. It's all about the idea, which often percolates for months or years before ...

Finnish sculptor Kim Simonsson's characters seem to have emerged from dreams and Scandinavian fairy tales. The artist is indeed inspired by local folklore, but just as much by popular culture and cinema. If you look closely, his characters wear modern backpacks and tape recorders, dress in teenage clothing, and hold books and plush toys in their hands. Ceramic sculptures of cute, big-eyed girls, animals and ...

Swedish artist Klaas Larsson is known as ClaesKamp, whose expressive wood carvings reflect his punk rock roots and respond to contemporary issues facing the world. Primarily creating sculptures in wood, Claes explores the boundary between traditional woodwork and the foundational experience of his youth with street art and punk. His techniques are surprising and in many ...

This month's DailyDollNews selection is Kira Kinash's project "Circus". Kira Kinash is one of the most popular contemporary authors and a member of the professional union of art doll authors UNIDIA. Her dolls invariably arouse delight and admiration. Kira Kinash's project "Circus". A duet of street performers: a juggler and a bird trainer. The project was prepared for an exhibition in St. Petersburg. The third participant of the project was ...

Juliellen Byrne is a ceramic artist residing in Groveport, Ohio. She has been creating figurative, narrative-based ceramic works for over 40 years. In her work, Juliellen Byrne tells us stories from her fantasy world where fiction and reality are closely woven together. These human and animal forms have a precise relationship of pose and ...

Marta Gurni is an animator and artist by profession. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and has been creating art dolls since 2016. Under the name Funanya art dolls the artist makes fully movable miniature figures depicting, animals - realistic and exaggerated, as well as various fantasy creatures. She works mainly with polymer clay, synthepon filler, and ...

Mitchell Grafton is a ceramic artist and sculptor from the USA. The master lives and works in Panama City, Florida. Already at the age of 19, he was working for Odell Ceramics in Ruston, Louisiana, while studying at Tech University. After graduation, Mitchell moved to Panama City, Florida where he worked for the next 9 years. And in 2009, he opened his own ...

Olga Venzhega is a doll artist, sculptor, member of the professional union of authors of art dolls UNIDIA, two-time winner and coordinator of the Max Oscar Arnold Prize for Contemporary Doll Art (Neustadt bei Coburg), winner of the "Doll of the Year" competitions. Jury member of the Pandora Prize and the virtual competition History of Fashion. Organiser of the international exhibition "German Doll Christmas" (Odessa). Olga Venzhega is a permanent ...

The MIDA International Craft Fair, organised by Firenze Fiera in collaboration with major institutions and trade associations, will take place in Fortezza da Basso, Florence, from 25 April to 1 May 2023. This exhibition has always been an event not to be missed for all those who love "savoir-faire" - an exciting journey to the origins of creativity, with an endless variety of creations and products paying tribute to ...