a mindful journey
Jewelry making is a way to give life to your designs without depending on others.
In the end you learn to accept and cherish the imperfections of your creation.
Meet Katerina
Katerina Glinou is an Athens based architect and the inspirer of Bead A Boo Jewelry.
Born in Athens in 1974, she graduated from the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens (2000) from where she also received a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning (2006).
She studied Jewelry Making (Silversmith & Wax carving) at the Hellenic American Educational Foundation (2017) and enamel techniques at Metallo Studio in Athens (2022).
2024 – Participation in Jelo6 – Athens Jewelry Week – Zappeion, Athens, Greece
2022 – Finalist in the Arte Y Joya competition for the Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook (2022-2023)
2020 – Member of Klimt02 contemporary jewelry network
2017 – Group exhibition at the HAEF Athens College
2015 – Awarded with the A’ Design Award in the Category “Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design”
2015 – Exhibition Design Lab in Athens
2013 – OBI Exhibition GD=GD
2012 – 13th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia (Architecture and photography)
2020 | Klimt02
Selected as a member of Klimt02 contemporary jewerly network.
2015 | A DESIGN AWARDS
Awarded with the A' Design Award in the category “Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design”.
2024 | JELO6 - ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK
Participation with the team of "Declaration of Sentiments"
2022 | ARTE Y JOYA
Finalist in the Arte Y Joya competition for the Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook (2022-2023)
2013 | GD=GD
Exhibited at the OBI exhibition GD=GD (2013)