Diploo Studio Super Awesome Work

Natalia Kopytko and Marcin Sipiora take us to the Polish woods for a romp through childhood memories...

Natalia Kopytko and Marcin Sipiora founded Diploo Studio in 2010; creating nature-inspired beings of myth and reality, settling on a use of ceramic clay, for now.

Inspired by the wild landscapes of Poland, of infinite forests and their imagination, it seems the artists never really grew up. Creating playful, fun and cute installations and sculptures, their memories and fantasies of childhood resurface as a result. 

I don’t know about you, but I still vividly remember playing as a kid. Leaving the house on daylong adventures … my bike my horse, my friends my sidekicks, we’d face witches, talking flowers, and magical bees. I left those daydreams with my childhood, but Natalia and Marcin did not. They create sculptures from their respective memories, full of joy and surprise. Expertly executed to a fine glossy finish, with aims of simply inciting happiness, I cannot think of a better reason to do anything. Their works are handmade, and crafted in small batches or one-offs at their studio in Wieliczka, just outside of Kraków. Nothing is mass-produced. 

I needed to know more about their work, where the obsessions with youthful misadventure, pop culture, and nature fit in; why ceramics, and how Kopytko and Sipiora approach their work as Diploo …

Via: https://www.we-heart.com/2016/04/05/natalia-kopytko-marcin-sipiora-diploo-studio/