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Kouroupis Art, Koutouloufari, Crete, Greece
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Ceramics by Manolis Patramanis remain one of most popular items for both our personal and on line shoppers. With this in mind we have updated these pages with a new layout combining both the gallery and on line shopping pages. Clicking on the thumbnails will open a new window with an enlarged photograph, dimensions, and prices along with an ‘Add to Cart’ button.
A few words about the artist - Manolis Patramanis was born in 1965 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
From 1983 until 1986 he studied at the Pottery Workshop as the School of Free Studies at Kolymbari near Hania. He attended seminars in aesthetics, clay firing, ceramic technology, clay bodies and high temperature glazes and also ‘Formula Seger’.
He has participated in commercial exhibitions on his home island of Crete, as well as in Athens and in Frankfurt, Germany, and has presented works in a group exhibition of Cretan Artists. More recently (2006) he exhibited in a travelling exhibition featuring ceramic artists from Crete, the Greek mainland and Cyprus.
He has also worked as an instructor in seminars organised by the Centre for Professional Training.
In 1988 he set up his own workshop in Heraklion where he still lives and works with his wife to this day.
A few words about the artist -
From 1983 until 1986 he studied at the Pottery Workshop as the School of Free Studies at Kolymbari near Hania. He attended seminars in aesthetics, clay firing, ceramic technology, clay bodies and high temperature glazes and also ‘Formula Seger’.
He has participated in commercial exhibitions on his home island of Crete, as well as in Athens and in Frankfurt, Germany, and has presented works in a group exhibition of Cretan Artists. More recently (2006) he exhibited in a travelling exhibition featuring ceramic artists from Crete, the Greek mainland and Cyprus.
He has also worked as an instructor in seminars organised by the Centre for Professional Training.
In 1988 he set up his own workshop in Heraklion where he still lives and works with his wife to this day.
The popular ‘puzzle’ series (right~) depict mans struggle to break through the puzzles of the earth, the sky, and the mind.
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Far left, ‘Dolores’ an enduring favourite, now available in black as well as blue and brown.
Above ‘Papyrus’ depicts man breaking through the meaning of words.
Above left ‘Complexity’’ and left ‘Partner’
Right ‘Debbie’
Mythology is always a popular theme in Greece, the work to the left is called ‘Mitos’ meaning ‘thread’. Perhaps the thread of life as woven by the Fates, or perhaps the thread given to Theses by Ariadne to escape from the labyrinth!
Manolis Patramanis Ceramics
Puzzles and Masks
Puzzles and Masks