KATARZYNA BEDNARZ

Katarzyna Bednarz is an artisan specialising in artistic violin-making – she builds and maintains instruments, mainly hurdy-gurdys and violins. She also engages in sculpture, printmaking, linocut, furniture, literature, painting, acoustics, design and technical drawing. As if that were not enough, she has published a book My Little Orchestra, introducing children to the world of music and instruments, with illustrations in the form of the author’s linocuts. Inspired by the idea of zero waste, she also creates gadgets for readers – wooden butterflies and bookmarks, which are made from leftover wood from the workshop, mainly sycamore. Each of these unique items gains additional value because another part of it is in the hands of musicians around the world.