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Agapis Gallery

We live in an era of fear, uncertainty, and rapid change. The constant pressure for productivity, information overload, gender-based violence, and our growing disconnection from nature often lead to exhaustion, isolation, and the loss of tenderness and the beauty of life. Within this dystopian landscape, we have created a symbolic garden through our jewelry. Metal flowers — both fragile and resilient — remind us that sensitivity is not weakness but strength. Curves and forms that evoke the female body and reproduction coexist with others that function as tools of boundary-setting and self-protection. Alongside them, flowers made from worn fabrics transform into leafy shelters — spaces for reconnection with the self — while winged forms bloom toward the sky, suggesting the need for freedom, transcendence, and inner elevation. We invite you to enter this inner garden ritualistically, to surrender to the flow, to feel safety and calm, and to reconnect with your innermost self.

 

The META Ti collective Anastasia Kandaraki, Anastasia Manesi, Varvara Vidalaki, Dimitra Papamerkouri, Eugenia Feroussi, Lily Preve, Maria Karystinou and Fotini Lyra. 

Anastasia Kandaraki

JEWELRY

The “Flowers” collection is inspired by jewelry materials and processes. Using old workshop elements—bezels, rings, clasps, and small metallic parts—I transformed them into flowers and plant forms...

Eugenia Feroussi

JEWELRY

Inspired by Prelude à l'après-midi d'un Faune by Claude Debussy, this text serves as the creative inspiration for Eugenia Ferousi. A woman is enchanted by the melody of a flute and gently follows it into her secret garden...

Maria Karystinou

JEWELRY

My inspiration comes from Georgia O'Keeffe and her monumental flowers, often linked to female anatomy. Radical for her time, she transformed the flower from a decorative motif into a symbol of...

Anastasia Manesi

JEWELRY

The Foliage collection approaches the mind as an inner garden, dense and alive. I create the works entirely from used textiles, mainly T-shirts, which I repurpose to highlight the importance of sustainability and the...

Fotini Lyra

JEWELRY

The memory of hidden femininity — “the petticoat” — as well as the questioning of the norm of the ideal standard into which the female body is expected to fit, often described through the...

Varvara Vidalaki

JEWELRY

“My Magic Garden” symbolizes my inner self. A well-hidden place of safety,concentration, and introspection. There, I encounter my emotions, thoughts, and dreams, as well as my disappointments and...

Dimitra Papamerkouri

JEWELRY

I perceive the garden as a personal place; a private space defined by its enclosure, so that it may be protected and self-determined. The fence is not merely a division, but a boundary of care...

Lily Preve

JEWELRY

ANTHOSMIA* The connection between woman and the flowers in the Garden functions metaphorically, highlighting her nature as something mysterious and immensely powerful, full of life and potential...

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