Bronisław Pięcik

While Pięcik mainly built the Kraków szopka himself, he also worked on some of them with his wife Maria and his granddaughter Roksana Rutkowska.

[4] He constructed his szopka according to the characteristics of the genre, which meant that they only contained historical, architectural elements found in Kraków as the backdrop.

[2] He was particularly fond of using buildings found along the Royal Route in Kraków in his szopka,[2] which he knew like the back of his hand.

[3] In 2003, Pięcik and his granddaughter Roksana Rutkowska took 1st place in the middle-sized division with their 172 cm tall szopka that reproduced in minute detail the Veit Stoss altarpiece from St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków.

[4] While working in Kuwait, Pięcik built a Kraków szopka that is housed at a cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq.