Fantasy Folk
Fantasy Folk era; ’93-‘98 
‘It Happened on the Late Late show’. Dungarvan Observer. 1-‘93
… another participant on the [Late Late Enterprise] show was Corina Duyn, whose beautiful Dutch Traditional Dolls received a special mention.
‘The Dolls House’ Business and Finance Magazine. 31-8-‘95
… It was make or break time for Duyn… Luckily the first day alone [at RDS Showcase craft fair] brought £1600 in orders, and she carried on, with the tables effectively turned. It was now the craft shops, which approached her Fantasy Folk Company.
(Tom Bowden)
‘Corina has Irish Pub Life on a String’. News Letter 8-4-‘96
One of the most original and unusual art exhibitions seen in the Province for some time opened this week at the Vivid Earth shop on Belfast’s Dublin Road…. The exhibition highlights not only Corina’s acute attention to detail, but her ability to equip each character with original qualities and facial expressions.
(Colin Devine)
‘Fantasy Folk – Corina’s fantasy folk are cutting a dash with the tourists’. Munster Express 10-‘96
Realistic interpretations if ever there were, fantasy folk epitomises Ireland’s pub culture to such an extent that one could already envisage hoards of tourists scrambling over their Nikon’s to trust the contents of their wallets at the Dutch born artist.
Gabielle Monaghan
Letter from animator Jimmy Murakami 10-1-‘97
John Rubin and I would like to confirm our interest in producing a TV series incorporating your set and characters.
‘Model Folk from an Irish Bar’. Irish Times 13-8-‘97
Her work combines fantasy and reality, depicting leprechauns, traditional dancers, musicians old men sitting o a bench chatting – all figures interpreted liberally through her own imagination.
‘Waterford’s “Little People” & their Creator’. Crystal Clear. 6-‘98
Corina was commissioned by Michael Wilcock to create a series of figures representing workers involved in each stage of the glass making process at Waterford Crystal. “Waterford’s “Little People” are now an established feature of the tourist trail where they are the object of huge inteerst from visitors both young and old.
Like each piece of world famous crystal, each doll is an original creation.
*photo: Irish Times photographer Frank Miller