jewleycreations: ISLAND A WEEK: Aegean Collection

Thursday, February 10, 2011

ISLAND A WEEK: Aegean Collection - PAROS

My AEGEAN COLLECTION features rings and pendants that have been inspired by the light and color of my beloved Greek Islands. These pieces are mixed media jewelry, where each piece has a ceramic shard as its focal. For each ring or pendant, I have completed the ceramic shard in a different way, using different materials and techniques such as metal (aluminium or copper) sheet, copper wire, polymer clay and acrylic paints.
Each piece of my Aegean Collection is named after a different island, so I thought I'd introduce them one by one! Welcome to the wonderful world of the Greek Islands of the Aegean!!!
Here is a beautiful and complete website about the Greek Islands:
http://www.greek-islands.us/

PAROS (Greek Πάρος) is located in the heart of the Cyclades, in the Aegean sea, in front of Naxos and near Mykonos. Paros was known in antiquity for its fine marble. Serene landscape with fertile valleys and rolling hills dotted with small churches and monasteries, endless sandy beaches with sparkling blue waters, famous monuments from the island's rich ancient and medieval past, picturesque whitewashed villages bathed in the unique, dazzling Aegean light... All this, along with warm hospitality, excellent tourist facilities, rich cultural life, cosmopolitan ambience but also the possibility of seclusion, have combined to make Paros one of the most favorite spots in the Cyclades Islands.