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'''Elena Votsi''' (Greek: Έλενα Βότση, b. 1964 on [[Hydra island]]) is a Greek jewelry designer. She worked for [[Gucci]] for three years before opening her own boutique in [[Athens]].


| birth_date = 1 January 1969
In 2003 she designed the [[Athens 2004]] Olympic Medal. Her obverse design will be kept for use in all future [[Olympic Games]].
| birth_place = Hydra Island, Greece
| education = MA in Jewellery & Silversmithing from RCA
| occupation = Jewellery designer
| known_for = Designing Olympics medals in 2004
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'''Elena Votsi''' (Greek: Έλενα Βότση; born 1964 on [[Hydra island]]) is a Greek jewelry designer.
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Her handmade 18-karat gold ring with diamonds won the 2009 Couture Design Award in the category "Best in the New-to-Couture," a category for first-time exhibitors at the Las Vegas show.<ref>[http://www.couturedesignawards.com/index.shtml Couture Design Awards 2009]</ref>


Votsi completed a degree at the School of Fine Arts in [[Athens]] in painting, followed by a master's degree at the [[Royal College of Art]] in London in jewelry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fasel |first=Marion |date=5 August 2016 |title=Elena Votsi's Story About Designing the Olympic Medal Is Gold |url=https://womenyoushouldknow.net/elena-votsis-story-about-designing-the-olympic-medal-is-gold/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119112102/https://womenyoushouldknow.net/elena-votsis-story-about-designing-the-olympic-medal-is-gold/ |archive-date=19 January 2022 |access-date=27 December 2019 |website=Women You Should Know |language=en-US}}</ref>
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The island of Hydra, her birthplace, has always been a source of inspiration for her. The spheres she moulds hold the radiance and strength of the Greek sun. The perfect lines she draws, like arrows that carry her love for the sea, for the Greek sky, for life itself. A love that becomes manifest in the hearts she forms, the love she holds for her son, her husband and those small moments of happiness, as when walking the family dog through the picturesque backstreets of the island.


In 2003 she won the competition to re-design the [[Summer Olympic Games]] medal for the [[International Olympic Committee]], the first time the medal had been changed since 1928. Votsi's design was adopted by the International Olympic Committee for all future Summer Olympic Games medals.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2016 |title=This Story Behind the Olympic Medal Design Is Pure Gold |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/this-story-behind-the-olympic-1492805117198390.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026053732/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/this-story-behind-the-olympic-1492805117198390.html |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Yahoo! Life |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Garrahan |first=Rachel |date=22 September 2018 |title=7 Golden Things |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/style/jewelry-gold.html |access-date=22 October 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parsons |first=Elly |date=15 August 2016 |title=Moulding gold: in the studio with the Olympic and Paralympic medal makers |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/in-the-studio-with-olympic-and-paralympic-medal-makers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802235217/https://www.wallpaper.com/design/in-the-studio-with-olympic-and-paralympic-medal-makers |archive-date=2 August 2021 |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Wallpaper*}}</ref>
Athens School of Fine Arts
Royal College of Art London
Design of the Olympic Medal of the Athens 2004 Games. Greece has honoured Elena Votsi by choosing the medal she designed for the Olympic Games of 2004 and all Games henceforth
Design of jewellery for
The Acropolis Museum
The National Art Gallery
The Museum of Cycladic Art
The Benaki Museum
Ongoing partnerships with international designer fashion houses (RALPH LAUREN - GUCCI)


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Her handmade 18-karat gold ring with diamonds won the 2009 Couture Design Award in the category "Best in the New-to-Couture," a category for first-time exhibitors at the Las Vegas show.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Couture Design Awards 2009 |url=http://www.couturedesignawards.com/index.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918042517/http://www.couturedesignawards.com/index.shtml |archive-date=18 September 2010 |website=Couture Design Awards}}</ref>
International Awards at the Las Vegas Trade Show
2009: Spiral-shaped ring
this line bends a straight line into a spiral shape, representing the eternal flame of creation and evolution


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2011: Ring with Sphere and Arrow
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the light side of love is illuminated by the diamonds on this ring, while the Cupid's arrow represents the pain of longing and the hidden crypt enfolds the secret of passion


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.elenavotsi.com/ Official website]
* {{Official website|http://www.elenavotsi.com/}}
*[http://olympic-museum.de/w_medals/wmed2004.htm Olympic Museum page] on Athens 2004 medals
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110111105048/http://olympic-museum.de/w_medals/wmed2004.htm Olympic Museum page] on Athens 2004 medals
*[http://www.cijintl.com/Magazine-1864-Article%20du%20num%C3%A9ro%20Juin%202010.html Article] in International Jewellery
*[http://www.cijintl.com/Magazine-1864-Article%20du%20num%C3%A9ro%20Juin%202010.html Article] in International Jewellery


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Latest revision as of 22:15, 27 April 2024

Elena Votsi
Born1 January 1969
Hydra Island, Greece
EducationMA in Jewellery & Silversmithing from RCA
OccupationJewellery designer
Known forDesigning Olympics medals in 2004

Elena Votsi (Greek: Έλενα Βότση; born 1964 on Hydra island) is a Greek jewelry designer.

Votsi completed a degree at the School of Fine Arts in Athens in painting, followed by a master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London in jewelry.[1]

In 2003 she won the competition to re-design the Summer Olympic Games medal for the International Olympic Committee, the first time the medal had been changed since 1928. Votsi's design was adopted by the International Olympic Committee for all future Summer Olympic Games medals.[1][2][3][4]

Her handmade 18-karat gold ring with diamonds won the 2009 Couture Design Award in the category "Best in the New-to-Couture," a category for first-time exhibitors at the Las Vegas show.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Fasel, Marion (5 August 2016). "Elena Votsi's Story About Designing the Olympic Medal Is Gold". Women You Should Know. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "This Story Behind the Olympic Medal Design Is Pure Gold". Yahoo! Life. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ^ Garrahan, Rachel (22 September 2018). "7 Golden Things". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ^ Parsons, Elly (15 August 2016). "Moulding gold: in the studio with the Olympic and Paralympic medal makers". Wallpaper*. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Couture Design Awards 2009". Couture Design Awards. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010.

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