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A Jewel Made in Greece, Anastasia Kandaraki, Christina Karakalpaki, Iris Kritikou, Mary Samoli, Michael Pelamidis, Polina Sapouna Ellis, Rallou Katsari, Stavroula Kaziale, Technopolis Gkazi
The idea of ‘A Jewel Made in Greece‘ (22.02-01.03.2014) belongs to designer Mary Samoli and art critic Iris Kritikou curated the exhibition. The show brought together twenty-five Greek contemporary jewelry artists and it also featured replicas of jewelry from well-known Greek museums, such as the National Archaeological Museum, Museum of Cycladic Art, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Numismatic Museum of Athens, and many others.
Here are some pictures from the works of artists that caught my eye: Rallou Katsari, Anastasia Kandaraki, Michael Pelamidis, Christina Karakalpaki, Stavroula Kaziale, Polina Sapouna Ellis and Christina Soubli.
Congratulations to all the artists and to all those involved in the organization of such a successful exhibition!
Technopolis at Gkazi, Athens. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
A Jewel Made in Greece Exhibition. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Rallou Katsari at her stand. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Rallou Katsari’s stand. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Rallou Katsari’s stand. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Rallou Katsari’s stand. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Rings by Rallou Katsari. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Ring by Anastasia Kandaraki. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Anastasia Kandaraki brooch. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Michael Pelamidis at his stand. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Michael Pelamidis, bracelet. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Michael Pelamidis, bracelet. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Michael Pelamidis, ring. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Michael Pelamidis, ring. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Michael Pelamidis, ring. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Christina Karakalpaki, necklace. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Christina Karakalpaki, necklace. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Christina Karakalpaki, ring. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Christina Karakalpaki, necklace. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Katerina Anastasiou, gold-plated silver, mosaic. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Ring by Maria Margoni, gold, aquamarine. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Vassliou, titanium, gold. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Ring by Maria Margoni, silver, aquamarine. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Christina Soubli, ring. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Stavroula Kaziale, necklace. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Stavroula Kaziale, brooches. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Brooch by Takis. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Bracelet by Polina Sapouna Ellis. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Bracelets by Polina Sapouna Ellis. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
A piece from the Ilias Lalaounis Museum of Jewelry. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
A piece from the Ilias Lalaounis Museum of Jewelry. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
A Jewel Made in Greece Exhibition. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
Technopolis at Gkazi, Athens. Photo by Eleni Roumpou
I hope you have enjoyed this post and thank you for reading 🙂
Contemporarty™ 
Eleni, your in-depth detail photography is really something. Whenever I attend exhibitions, I have to let things “Incubate” inside my head before I can approach writing and even photographing about what I’ve seen. However – you have such a great sense of capturing this event and sharing it – both overall in the installations and then down to the details of the jewelry. I wish you published everyday!! This is a very inspiring read for those of us like me who sit at a bench and wonder what jewelers across the ocean (from us in the states) are making.
Hi Patricia, thank you for your comment, it is encouraging to know that people appreciate the work. Although I am no photographer, I try to share some of the things that appeal to me personally. Also, you are absolutely right, it’s a long process -sometimes it takes longer than I wish – having to digest the things I’ve seen and writing about them. Limited time was the reason I decided not to write a lot in this post and just let the pictures speak for themselves.
I too wish I could write every day. I still have a few major events from last year that I’m working on and I hope I’ll be able to post them soon enough. However, I’m going to Schmuck 2014 tomorrow so there will be lots to report from there in the next days! 🙂