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Minoan pottery

MON COIN Studio Celebrates Contemporary Greek Ceramics

2021-05-25 by Phil Butler

Myrto Lykopoulou ceramics

Mon Coin Studio in downtown Athens is running the “Aegean” exhibition featuring over 100 Greek ceramic artists and workshops.

Tags: Alexandra Manousakis, Antonis Palles, Apostolidis Yannis, art studio, Greece art, Greece ceramics, Greek potters, Kallia Panopoulou, Maru Meleniou, Minoan ceramics, Minoan pottery, MON COIN, Mycenaeans, pottery

Return to Margarites and Keramion On a Quest for Simple Perfection

2021-05-20 by Phil Butler

Giorgis Delamvelas

Our search for Minoan ceramic perfection takes us back to Margarites Village and the amazing workshop Keramion.

Tags: ceramics, crete, Crete olive oil, Crete pottery, Crete products, Galatas Palace, Giorgis Delamvelas, Keftiu, Keftiu Magazine, Keramion, Kostis Christakis, Margarites Village, Mariniki Delamvelas, Minnoan art, Minoan art, Minoan ceramics, Minoan pottery, pottery classes, pottery techniques

Join Thrapsano’s “Earth Water Fire” Exploration of Galatas Minoan Palace

2019-07-12 by Phil Butler

Galatas Palace

This evening the foremost authority on the Minoan Palace of Galatas will lead a tour of the site as part of the Earth Water Fire Festival.

Tags: British School at Athens, Centre for the Study of Modern Pottery, Cretan heritage, Dr. George Rethymiotaki, Earth Water Fire, Earth Water Fire Festival, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Greek heritage, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Inspectorate of Antiquities of Heraklio, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Palace of Galatas, Minoan pottery, Minoans, Municipality of Minoa Pediadas, Thrapsalano, Δήμος Μινώα Πεδιάδας

Knossos Curator and British School Offer Unique Pottery Course

2019-01-08 by Phil Butler

BSA

Coming up in Heraklion, April 5th through 17th, 2019, the British School at Athens will offer the Prehistoric, Greek and Roman Pottery Course, a unique opportunity for hands-on experience in the field of archeology.

Tags: ancient pottery, archeology, archeology courses, British School, British School at Athens, Bronze Age, BSA, classes, Dr. Kostis S. Christakis, Fitch Laboratory, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Knossos, Knossos Curator, Minoan pottery, Minoans, pottery, UCL Institute of Archaeology

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