Paolina & Christiana: Textile dyeing

Textile dyer Christiana Vardakou based in Greece & German fellow Paolina Bumeder

Greek textile designer Christiana is specialised in natural dyeing and traditional weaving. After she graduated in Textile Design from the Chelsea College of Arts, Christiana travelled for four months through South East Asia. She mostly dyes using plants from her garden in Athens or from Mani, south Peloponnese.

After graduating from school, Paolina did a three year apprenticeship in men’s tailoring at Brandstetter & Straub in Berlin. The emerging German talent went on to explore costume and stage design in various internships and recently completed a bachelor’s in textile design at Kunsthochschule Weissensee.