Summer...

In summer xroma rests and gathers sun and inspiration!

I will be in a Greek island, away from my workshop.
I won't make any new creations, but I will gather inspiration, images, materials, ideas and colors: the blue of the Ioanian sea, the purple of a flower that grows in a village of the Aegean sea, the white from a smooth, round pebble, a pattern from a traditional embroidery, a seashell, an urchin shelll...

Vintage Greek spelling book

For those who were students at greek Elementary School during the period from '55 to '78,
for those who love Retro & Vintage, for teachers, for students,

a pendant with the cover of the old spelling book, drawn by Grammatopoulos

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/168221479/retro-greek-book-necklace-nostalgic

Vintage Greek spelling book

For those who were students at greek Elementary School during the period from '55 to '78,
for those who love Retro & Vintage, for teachers, for students,

a pendant with the cover of the old spelling book, drawn by Grammatopoulos

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/168221479/retro-greek-book-necklace-nostalgic

"Saffron gatherer" pendant

"Saffron gatherer", part from the fresco from Akrotiri, Thera.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/164710883/ancient-greek-art-safron-gatherer

"Ladies in Blue" pendant

"Ladies in Blue" from the Minoan wall - Knossos Palace, Crete

https://www.etsy.com/listing/164710361/ancient-greek-art-blue-ladies-knossos

Owl

Pendant with a bronze Owl (Athene noctua), 

the holly bird of ancient godess Athena, the symbol of wisdom, 

on a blue background

https://www.etsy.com/listing/162238475/greek-athenian-owl-necklace-cobalt-royal

Mycenaean sword, on a black background

Black pendant with a bronze greek (Mycenaean) sword, on a black background, with a black chain

https://www.etsy.com/listing/162130907/ancient-greek-sword-black-necklace

Shell

Pendant with a shell ("κοχύλι" in greek), in front of a greek dictionary

Here, worn by me, at our trip to my beloved island, Zante (June 2013):

Mycenaean Mask

Pendant with bronze Mycenaean Mask of "Agamemnon", on a dark red background

Mycenaean sword

Small pendant with a bronze greek (Mycenaean) sword, on a black background

Unique: Greek coin

Greek 5 cent coin, from 1912, carved by C. Pillet, on a blue background.