Figurine “Young Footballer” author: Zina Walste. 1954-62 The artist Zina Yanovna Ulste (1928 – 2006) devoted her entire life to porcelain. After graduating from the Latvian Academy of Arts in 1953, she became the chief artist at the Riga Porcelain Factory (since 1968, the Riga Porcelain Factory), continuing her work until the closure of the enterprise in 1997.