Tuesday 24 January 2012

Eleni Vernadaki



A look at Heleni Vernadaki's ceramics shop on Valaoritou Street, one of my favourite places to go and browse and shop




a place full of delights




this is huge - it must be 2 foot high




the shelves are bursting with pots




plates, bowls, vases, spheres




and almost everything is on such a large scale





I find it hard to comprehend how a 79 year old woman can produce and handle such large ceramics




the two people who work with her in her studio have been with her for 50 years, so no spring chickens there




her favourite colours are black and white





in all kinds of variations





but red is used sometimes




as is blue.




Large black and white candlesticks




a teapot





bowls




She has been making these small spinning tops for years - they were my first Vernadaki purchase when I first discovered her shop





More black and white with a dash of red





Now we move downstairs where she keeps the really large pieces





Does Ken want to buy this, I wonder





The lady who was in the shop with us was going to buy two of these





and here's one on a plinth





and spheres






there are always spheres





of various sizes and colour.





Something completely new this time - huge, dramatic necklaces





this is just one necklace





the lady in the shop modelled one for us, but what she is wearing is not right for the necklace, so it is not shown to best effect






and here is another one.





Lastly one of the brooches from oxidised silver, also made by Vernadaki,  that are always to be found in the shop.




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