Judith Sotriffer makes old Val Gardena dolls: a tradition that was already going strong in the 1700s and disappeared in 1930. In Val Gardena the production of wooden toys is an established tradition. It is said that each family specialised in a toy. Judith’s father is a sculptor and carver of toys, but not dolls. This specific tradition was revived by Judith herself. Ranging from one metre to one and a half centimetres, Judith’s dolls are always smiling: the models are in Judith’s head and, before becoming the correct shape, she works on the piece of pine wood more than a hundred times.
From Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday by appointment
Strada Tresval, Ortisei, BZ, Italia
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+39 0471 797758
- http://www.judithsotriffer.it
The Scuotto brothers’ Scarabattola was founded in 1996 as an innovative business with two focuses: on the one hand, the production of figurines for cribs, individual pieces of the highest quality; on the other, constant artistic experimentation. The workshop, official supplier of the Giffoni Film Festival awards, has itself collected many awards and created prestigious […]
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Marcello Aversa’s passion for Neapolitan nativity scenes developed in the early eighties. At first, he adopted the traditional technique by using cork and wood, and then he found an outlet for his creativity in clay. He models his figurines in clay by using pins and little sticks, which look like finely carved sculptures. For some […]
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The artistry and love of the art of Neapolitan nativity scene-making has been handed down from father to son. Marco Ferrigno has inherited his father Giuseppe’s talent and skills, while cultivating his own style. In addition to the restoration of original eighteenth and nineteenth-century statuettes, Ferrigno creates objects in terracotta, wood and S. Leucio silk, […]
Napoli
Folk Traditions
Judith Sotriffer makes old Val Gardena dolls: a tradition that was already going strong in the 1700s and disappeared in 1930. In Val Gardena the production of wooden toys is an established tradition. It is said that each family specialised in a toy. Judith’s father is a sculptor and carver of toys, but not dolls. […]
Ortisei (BZ)
