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©Myrsini Alexandridi
©Myrsini Alexandridi
©Myrsini Alexandridi
©Myrsini Alexandridi
©Myrsini Alexandridi

Myrsini Alexandridi

  • Myra
  • Ceramic decorator
  • Stockholm, Sweden
  • Rising Star
Myrsini Alexandridi Ceramic decorator
Contact
Swedish, English, French, Greek
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+46 765267620
©Myrsini Alexandridi

Greek folklore on a tile

  • • White tiles and ceramic objects are Myrsini's canvas
  • • Her work is an improvisation on the Greek tradition
  • • She divides her time between her two studios in Stockholm and Skopelos

Myrsini Alexandridi studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and is a practitising architect in Stockholm. She also took courses in ceramics and painting as she has always been fascinated by drawing and painting. Living in Amsterdam in 2016, she would visit second-hand shops and find objects she could change and give another life to. Once, she found some ordinary white tiles and started painting on the glazed surface in the same way that she painted on paper. “That is when I realised how much I enjoyed the process of holding a ceramic tile and looking at how the paint interacts with the glaze,” she says. Myrsini created her company in 2019 and now focuses on handpainted tile murals aiming to “create something extraordinary from the ordinary.”

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Works

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Photo: ©Myrsini Alexandridi
Island woman

This vase illustrates a woman wearing a dress inspired by Greek traditional clothing. It is a double-sided hand painted vase figure with a different design on each side. It is made with underglaze paint on the bisque ceramic and a semi glazing with transparent glaze.

Photo: ©Myrsini Alexandridi
Peasant woman

This vase is inspired by the women living in small villages. It illustrates a woman wearing a traditional dress. It is a double-sided hand painted vase figure with a different design on each side. It is made with underglaze paint on the bisque ceramic and a semi glazing with transparent glaze.

Photo: ©Myrsini Alexandridi
Lemessos

Inspired by traditional Cypriotic embroidery, the colours in this tile composition are in two nuances of green, a deep Aegean blue and sand gold. The motifs and patterns found on traditional knitwork are transformed into more abstract and geometrical shapes. The tiles have been painted with a special smalt paint on top of the glazed surface.

Photo: ©Myrsini Alexandridi
Mourmoura

These tiles are inspired by a simple and everyday topic of Greek culture: sea life. It is a favourite theme of Greek folklore art. A combination of olive green and deep blue is used as solid fills or patterns. The tiles have been painted with a special smalt paint on top of the glazed surface.

Photo: ©Myrsini Alexandridi
Girl with the evil eye dress

This handpainted plate figure depicts a girl wearing a dress with an evil eye which symbolises good luck and protection. It was made with underglaze paint on the bisque ceramic and a semi glazing with transparent glaze. The solid-coloured parts which were left unglazed before the firing have a matt finish.

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