Based on her extensive practical experience in hand-crafting decorative artifacts, Lia will teach her guests how to create small ornamental boats using natural materials, and how to design and create hand-made jewels. All these artifacts will convey a flair of authentic Greek atmosphere and light
WHAT you will LEARN:
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How to build traditional ornamental boats
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How to create authentic hand-made jewels
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How to employ natural materials to create ornamental artifacts
Lia – Athens, creating hand-made ornamental boats and jewels
Itinerary: how we'll spend the day and what we'll do together
Lia will teach her guests, at her own workshop, the detailed process on how to build small ornamental boats, that are typically Greek in style and design and encompass the beauty of the Greek landscape, bright light and beautiful seas. They will be using natural driftwood and/or metal in conjunction with various natural materials like sea shells, natural glass beads, fabrics, lace etc. The guests will then take their ornamental boat with them
The second part of the course in Lia’s workshop involves the techniques for hand-crafting traditional jewels using metal, silk and various other materials. The design is typically Greek and emits a flair of Greek atmosphere, light and tradition, which is perfectly conveyed through the hand-crafting process itself. The guests will take the jewels with them, at the end of the seminar
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Place of ORIGIN: Athens
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LIVES in: Ano Glyfada, Athens
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SPEAKS: English
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LOVES: drawing, creating hand-made jewels, hand-crafting, refurbishing old furniture and decorative items, organic cultivation of olives, vines and herbs, long-distance walking, sailing
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Has TRAVELLED to: USA, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, South Africa, Moroco, and all over Greece
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Personal TRAITS: very pleasant and warm character, easy going and hospitable, loves to convey her expertise in authentic greek hand-crafting, appreciates face-to-face communication
Booking details
Lia Panourgia is your Hostess
Lia has extensive studies in visual and decorative arts. As a professional, she has undertaken many internal design and refurbishment projects for shops, offices, and exhibition kiosks. She runs her own workshop on ornamental hand-crafts, and her internal drive is to encompass the greek atmosphere and nature into her own creations
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Place: Ano Glyfada, Athens
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Meeting Point: Elliniko Metro station, at the ticket office
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Duration: 4 hours
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Timetable: 12.00-16.00 or 17.00-21.00
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Price: 75 euros per person (workshop materials are included)
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Availability: throughout the year
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Group size: 5 persons max
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What’s SPECIAL about this experience: the guests will acquire a detailed view of the whole design and hand-crafting process, all the way up to the end finished product, which will help them broaden their thoughts and personal points of view
Ano Glyfada, Athens - Where the Experience will take place
What wikipedia says
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years, and the earliest human presence around the 11th–7th centuries BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2015, Athens was ranked the world's 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study.
Athens is recognised as a global city because of its geo-strategic location and its importance in shipping, finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, culture, education and tourism. It is one of the biggest economic centres in southeastern Europe, with a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe, and the second largest in the world. The municipality (City) of Athens had a population of 664,046 (in 2011, 796,442 in 2004) within its administrative limits, and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens (Greater Athens and Greater Piraeus) extends beyond its administrative municipal city limits, with a population of 3,090,508 (in 2011) over an area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat in 2004, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) was the 7th most populous LUZ in the European Union (the 5th most populous capital city of the EU), with a population of 4,013,368. Athens is also the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of Ottoman monuments.
Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Landmarks of the modern era, dating back to the establishment of Athens as the capital of the independent Greek state in 1834, include the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy, consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics. Athens is home to the National Archaeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, as well as the new Acropolis Museum.