Dimitri Vlachos - Castano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Greek goldwork embroiderer
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Place of Birth: Kefalonia, Ionian Islands Region, Greece
About Dimitri Vlachos - Castano
- Dimitri Vlachos - Castano (born 19 April 1965) is the only Greek Goldwork embroiderer of our times.
- This last “Syrmakesis” uses real materials from gold and silver, as it is mentioned by M.
- George N.
- Ekaterinidis PhD, Former Director of Research Folklore Centre of the Academy of Athens and Secretary of Greek Folklore Company.
- He was born in Greece and comes from Cephalonia, son of Thanassis Vlachos, or as more widely known Kastanis (Castano), from Lixouri and Marietta Milla from Grizata, Sami.
- During his adolescence, he showed a special interest in gold smithery & silver smithery, which he practised for a long time.
- In 1994, Dimitrios Vlachos - Castano gets with the Art of Gold Embroidery.
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