Greece is.Traditional Crafts of Greece practiced today
2020-06-09
Six ancient crafts from different regions in Greece that are still practiced today.
TANNER
BASKETMAKER
BOOTMAKER
SPONGE DIVER
SHIPWRIGHT
STONEMASON
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Humble but Rare: Vintage Greek Ceramics
2020-06-09
Dimitris Xanthoulis has collected Greek ceramics since he was a boy. Now part of his vast collection is for sale at the Museum of Cycladic Art gift shop.
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Greek artists on Fine Silk
2020-06-09
The new digital platform will offer high quality silk scarves featuring contemporary prints by talented Greek artists and designers.
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Handicrafts: The Collective Greek Soul
2020-02-29
WICKERWORK (OR BASKETWORK)
WEAVING ON THE LOOM
EMBROIDERY (OR NEEDLEWORK)
METALWORK (OR METALLURGY)
Greek folk art is by far the most genuine aesthetic expression of the common people. Recognized as a primary form of art, it often employs geometrical shapes (i.e. triangles, squares) and archetypal symbols (i.e. meanders, crosses) to illustrate with liveliness and imagination the social conscience of ordinary man, usually in the context of a specific community or place. Greek folk art affords an inexhaustible thematic range that manifests itself in a variety of forms: handicrafts (such as weaving, embroidery, pottery, metallurgy and woodwork), painting, iconography, marble sculpture and so on.
Continue ReadingFrom hand to hand CRAFTSMANSHIP IN GREECE TODAY
2020-02-29
The splendour of copper in lacklustre times
Skyros’ basket weavers
Pelion’s last saddler
How to pour metal into sand
Kafenion Mouries in Volos
Volos’ tanner
The old man and his caïques
Boatyard in the Argolian gulf
The luthier of Metaxourgeio
Tentes – Athens’ awnings
The Mentis ribbon weaving company
A living memorial
A classic – sandals from Athens
Skyrian honey
The Kombolói – from prayer chain to toy
Skyrian woodcarving
With the shepherds on the scanty hills of Skyros
Women’s cooperative
Boatyards on the tip of the Pelion
Boatyards on the tip of the Pelion
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Arts and Crafts in Greece
2020-02-29
Source Visit Greece
Play with Clay, Carving marble, Silver and gold miracles
Art, tradition, inspiration, artistry blended with clay, marble, silver and gold shape objects of exquisite beauty to reserve a remarkable position into the pantheon of the Greek cultural heritage.
Play with clay
The ceramic art (or pottery) has been marking eras and millennia. It has been turning natural material into useful objects of high aesthetics. It has been involving artful hands into creating culture. It has been giving evidence about that culture, as pottery accounts for the most numerous objects of the same category found in any archaeological excavation.
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Dimitra Colomvakou – Keeping a 4000-Year-Old Heritage Alive
2020-02-29
Source Greek Reporter
Dimitra Colomvakou is an immensely talented artist who through her passion, patience and dedication has succeeded in creating some of the most beautiful mosaic art in Greece. Dimitra, who is of Canadian descent has the remarkable ability to take loose pebbles and turn them into extraordinary decorative pavings that can adorn gardens, courtyards and paths.
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Arts and Crafts Village in Crete Seeks New Residents
2020-02-29
Source Greek Reporter
The arts and crafts village of Verekinthos in Crete, Greece, is in search of new residents. Craftsmen and artists are invited to settle permanently in the village or rent the laboratories that are currently empty.
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Ancient Greek music performed on Ancient Greek Lyra
2020-02-29
Source Greece High Definition
At the image of his homeland, Greece a crossroad of cultures and influences, Thanasis Kleopas music is a kaleidoscope of sounds and colors from all four directions and yet deeply rooted in its own tradition.
The lyrics are from an ancient Greek hymn dedicated to muse Kalliope and Apollo. The video was filmed at Stageira the birth place of Aristotle. The music is composed and performed on ancient Greek lyra of Apollo by Thanasis Kleopas.
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