Mado Xanthouli (Greece)

MADO XANTHOULI

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Designer biography:

Mado Xanthouli was born in Athens 1993. She received her MA in Architecture from the University Of Thessaly (UTH, 2018). She first got in touch with jewelry making in 2015 as Erasmus student at Istanbul Technical Universitesi (ITU). The following years she attended making courses at Metallo studio (Athens) and contemporary jewelry courses at Krama Institute (Athens).  She is currently living in Athens, working as an architect while she remains involved in contemporary jewelry. Her work shows her interest in small-scale design, experimentation with materials, as well as the relationship of objects with the body-user. She treats jewelry as wearable objects that materiality, scale, and interaction with the body can form different stories and senses.

Collection concept:

Kélyfos

Through Kélyfos collection I research forms and textures that reflect qualities of personal sensations.  Cavities of space and time, luminous or dark, expand or contract.  Sometimes are impenetrable and sometimes permeable. I carry them; I shape the Boundaries and passages that accompany me, protect me, or suffocate me.

Mado Xanthouli, brooch, aloneness, 2023, plastic, loofah, pigments, sterling silver

Mado Xanthouli, brooch, triveli, 2023, fabric, copperwire, sterling silver

Mado Xanthouli, ring, pleasure, 2023, sterling silver, metal spring