¡Hola!
I'm Maive
I'm a polymer clay artist and author living in the Southeast of England with my husband and a mischievous bunny bun bun called Benjamin.
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I'm originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I lived until I was 15 when my family decided to move to Italy. I finished school there and studied Foreign Languages & Literature at uni before I decided to move to England.
My polymer clay story begins...
...in 2010/11, when my mother in law handed me my first blocks of FIMO. At the time, I had a growing interest in baking, which translated into an obsession for making miniature cakes and cake-themed jewellery.
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In 2012/13 I started sharing my work on Youtube, as a way to document my progress and therefore learn at the same time, which quickly turned into a way to teach techniques that are now widely used by other artists as well.
In October 2019 my first book “Miniature Cake Creations” was published by GMC Publications and I saw my first collaboration with “Doll House & Miniature Scene” magazine, for which I've written many tutorials. My work has also appeared in magazines such as "Baking Heaven" and "Scouting" to illustrate campfire recipes.
When I'm not obsessing over cakes...
I’m sculpting tiny air dry clay illustrated houses and shops inspired by my favourite things, my favourite colours and my favourite food of the countries I've lived in.​
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As you will keep on reading below, it's always about food.
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Handmade with love
All my pieces are individually sculpted by myself from polymer clay or air dry clay, hand-painted and hand-finished by myself making each one unique. I don't use moulds unless I made the master myself, and this will be for a handful of items that I offer, and will only be in part. Even things like tiny strawberries are individually sculpted so that each one has a slightly different look. I dedicate a lot of time and attention to each single one of my pieces so that you can have something expertly made that no one else in the world has.
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I'm a one woman band.
I am the designer, sculptor, photographer, writer and short little human that packs and takes her babies to the post office once they've found a new home.
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It's always a bittersweet experience, to part.
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But I know you will love them just as much as I loved making them.
bakery gouache illustration
maive ferrando
The reason I'm insane.
bakery gouache illustration
When I'm not sculpting...
I’m listening to music, singing, painting (usually more food, or buildings where food is prepared - haha), playing guitar or piano (for fun!) reading or writing. Some of my favourite authors are Charlotte Brontë, Rachel King, Eileen Ramsay, Alice Hoffman, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Elio Vittorini and Jules Verne.
I enjoy doing a bit of baking, tennis, travelling and spending time with my bunny bun bun.