CULTURE..

The Cycladic people excelled in metallurgy and in miniature arts (tools, silver pins, circlets, necklaces from beads or shells). Painted representations engraved in plates or rocks were found, with hunts or dances and other scenes of the daily life. However, the main creations of the early Cycladic culture are the marvellous marble figurines. Their production was continued without interruption in the entire Third millennium. As the technique, the tools and experience of the craftsmen are perfected they start as simple and schematic in the beginning and end up to splendid sculpting creations.

The Cycladic people continue a long-lasting history in the traditional arts, with many workshops and a lot of popular creators who provide their own contribution to the Cycladic popular culture. The islands of Tinos with the well known Marble workshops at Pyrgos, Andros, Naxos and Paros, demonstrate a rich and alive marble sculpting tradition. In terms of other arts, Tinos is famous for basket weaving, Syros and the Koufonisia in shipbuilding, Mykonos Naxos, Kea and the Small Cyclades in textile weaving, Ios in the art of mosaic, Kythnos, Naxos and Sifnos in ceramics, Amorgos in wood curving and Kea in building with stone and tiled roofs….