Ariadne's Clue By Manolis Patramanis

A useful tool to help you co-ordinate with your colour scheme. Click away and have fun!

£236.00

Due to the fragile nature of this ceramic, it is available for collection from the gallery only.

“Ariadne’s clue
Many variations of this myth exist. Minos was the King of Crete and Ariadne was his daughter who fell in love with Theseus the son of the King of Athens, Aegeas. Prince Theseus went to Crete to kill the Minotaur who had killed lots of Athens’ finest young men and women. This happened as a penalty from Crete to Athens after the Athenians had lost a war. According to this penalty, Athenians had to send every nine years 14 of their finest young people (seven boys and seven girls) to Crete to be eaten by the Minotaur. Many had tried to kill the monster, but in vain because he was hiding in the Labyrinth and there was no way out of it. Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of string, he tied one end at the entrance and took it with him. So, after killing the Minotaur he was able to find his way out and save himself and the other young people.''

Manolis Patramanis was born in Heraklion, Crete. He studied pottery at the School of Free Studies in Chania, Crete. He has worked on many commercial exhibitions including The International Fair of Frankfurt. He has also worked as an instructor for pottery seminars organised by the Center for Professional Training.

In 1988 he set up his own workshop in Heraklion where he lives and works today. Ceramics from his workshop are sold throughout Greece and were selected for the Hellenic Handcrafted Creations Collection.

This is a wall hanging sculpture and is apx 40 cm L x 30 cm W