‘Echoes of the Past’ Collection

‘Echoes of the Past’ that resonate along the surface of the Earth. I like to imagine the vibrations of ancient cities, buried treasures, crumbling walls, forgotten earthenware reaching the surface of the metal to create marks, texture, patterns, traces of what once was.

This Collection is inspired by my archaeological work on the Greek Bronze Age site of Mycenae. The palace cited in Homer’s Iliad, holds fantastical stories of heroes slaying monsters, gods playfulness, cyclops and nymphs.

I studied Art History and Archaeology in Paris and Greece. While analysing and identifying ancient pottery, I was fascinated to look at the worn, rough, pitted, crackled surfaces of ancient artefacts. The time they have spent buried inside the earth has given them a different look and guided by imagination, another meaning.

I like to play with different texture effects, looking for new ways to create marks on the surface of the metal by hammering, engraving or soldering added elements, as well as distorting its structure, through controlled melting. I also infuse my work with contrasting colours and asymmetrical shapes to achieve a special kind of intensity to the overall form of the object.

I re-invent these objects so that they can become precious memories of ancient treasures. I imagine their history, buried under mythological tales, reaching the surface. Unearthed, they resonate on the surface of the metal to perpetuate these ancient treasures.