Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Sculpture

Maria Hempel Dyblik is a Polish sculptor and ceramist based in Łódź, Poland. Originally an architect and a sculptor, graduated from Wrocław University of Science and Technology and Fine Art Academy in Cracow. She has been honing her ceramic work for two decades creating on the intersection of architecture, sculpture and painting. She uses different sculpting and ceramic techniques including relief flat pictures - portraying saints glazed and gilded made often using raku technique. Inspired by icons, bizantic, gothic and roman art figurative sculpture glazed and gilded small form sculpture - mostly flat, small objects that can be easily hung on the wall mostly angelic creatures with individually hand painted faces giving every item a unique look tableware - hand thrown bowls, trays and other functional work