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We're Dimitri & Athena,
We are a father & daughter glass blowing, designing, and creating duo. We love what we do and can't wait to tell you more about it!
A little bit about us...
WE LOVE WORKING TOGETHER, REALLY WE DO!
Dimitri raised Athena in his glass-shop, even carrying her with him when he built it over 20 years ago. Since then, she has watched him as he created award winning pieces, taught at art schools all around the world, and absorbed as much as she could.
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Today, they are inseparable friends, working in the glass-shop they built together, trying to do something they both believe in; bring beautiful, handmade, and family created design into every home.
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DIMITRI MICHAELIDES
Dimitri is a Master Craftsman known for his innovative and powerful designs. His bold artistic choices speak for themselves, with nearly 40 years experience of producing beautiful and highly technical work, his portfolio is vast. He has won numerous awards and has pieces housed all around the world, including the White House Collection and at the American Embassy in Athens. His awards include; Master Fellowship from the Creative Glass Center of America, National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, and the Young Americans Merit Award from the American Craft Museum.
Dimitri has been centered around fine design for his entire adult life. His father, an Architect with a deep passion for ancient Greek history and art, and his mother a science centered Microbiologist, Dimitri’s love of the technical crafts is deep rooted in his family history. Growing up in St. Louis, MO, and Athens, Greece, he was enamored at a young age with the importance of art and design in the Grecian community.
Naturally he chose to pursue the arts for his education. He studied at Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and Washington University in St.Louis. When he was back visiting his family in St. Louis, he would often sneak onto the Washington University campus to use their arts facility after hours, not knowing that in a few years he would be back again, but this time as a teacher.
An individual with a constant curiosity in addition to his vast knowledge of the technical makes him a wonderful resource to many aspiring artists. His dedication to his work has made him a sought after teacher for many top tier universities and private art schools. Some of these schools include; Washington University in St. Louis, Pilchuck Glass School, The Ohio State University, Penland School of Crafts, and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
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ATHENA MICHAELIDES
Athena grew up on Whidbey, raising goats and working in her mother Elaine’s garden. Her earliest memories are of days in the glass shop with her parents working, and nights spent falling asleep to the sound of packing glass and the talk of the shop.
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From an early age Athena was attracted to colors and textures. She turned every school project into an artistic endeavor, and all of her free time was spent with her goats and designing, whether it was paper mosaics or her own clothes.
She received a Youth Rotary Exchange Scholarship and studied in Pamplona, Spain. She spent much of that year traveling around Spain, Portugal, France, and Greece with new friends. During this time, she was struck in her travels by the historical integration of the arts into both public and private places.
After school Athena chose to study at a Theater conservatory, Circle In The Square in New York City. Today she lives between Whidbey Island and New York City, thankful she gets to fully experience both the fast-paced city and her secluded family home, and that she gets to work with one of the people she most admires, her father.
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Our favorite team member!
ZOE MICHAELIDES
Zoe is in charge of Shop Security and Quality Control at the Michaelides Studio. She is an enthusiastic Jack Russel Terrier and an expert on all things, especially yummy food, tennis balls and sticks.
Zoe attended Puppy School on Whidbey Island where she graduated with all Gold Stars. At school Zoe learned to do many tricks including; roll over, through the leg, and jump up on the back! Her favorite things are playing stick on the beach, heated blankets, and rides in the trucks & tractor!
