Dr. Árpád Kenéz is the founder of the Vad Miska brand. He has been living and creating in Gödöllő for the past 23 years. His artisanal work primarily focuses on knife making, but he also frequently creates small pieces of jewellery, interior objects, and decorative items. His preferred materials include brass, copper, bronze, and steel, which he often combines within a single piece. In such cases, he employs traditional metalworking techniques such as soft soldering, repoussé, chasing, and punching. Among ancient decorative methods, he is particularly fond of bone carving and engraving. As a former environmental activist, his mindset naturally found its way into his knife-making practice. This led him to realise that the organic and plastic handle-material waste generated in his workshop could be reborn—through creativity—into striking and unique pieces of jewellery and decorative objects. At the Eco-Art Gallery, visitors can encounter dystopian-atmosphere knives and corded bolo ties, in which multiple metals, wood, minerals, as well as horn or bone appear together in a distinctive harmony.
Árpád Kenéz
