In Lecce this type of artistic artefact has found a thriving market over time, being inexpensive and of great effect, the municipality of Lecce is also said of the hundred churches that have made great use of this statuary.
The names of the last generation of artists that has brought prestige to this art form are Angelo Indino, Pietro Capoccia, Antonio Malecore. Here is an interview with Mario Di Don Francesco, the last witness and prosecutor of the great Lecce school:
THE ART OF PAPER PAPERS - Mario Di Donfrancesco from Promemorium on Vimeo .
I started observing the numerous votive shrines in the city up to forty years ago