Grand Opening of Triton & Shell – Paper Art Hub
and Presentation of the Exhibition
“Handmade Paper from Asia to Europe”
🗓 Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | 🕡 18:30
📍 16 Kolokotroni Street, 17235 Dafni, Athens
We are delighted to invite you to the grand opening of Triton & Shell – Paper Art Hub, a new multispace dedicated to the art and history of paper. During this first event, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the inaugural exhibition titled “Handmade Paper from Asia to Europe.”
Triton & Shell is the first non-profit organization in Greece exclusively dedicated to handmade paper and the book. Its mission is to safeguard, document, and promote the cultural significance of paper, offering a vibrant meeting point for artists, visual creators, publishers, photographers, printmakers, conservators, researchers, and paper enthusiasts.
The venue includes an exhibition space, an archive and library with over 2,000 book titles and artifacts from around the world, as well as workshops for handmade paper production, bookbinding, and conservation.
We are honored to house part of the equipment and archives of notable creators, including the bookbinders Evangelia Biza and Antonis Koutsouradis, and the papermakers Peter & Donna Thomas and Peter Gentenaar.
The Exhibition
The exhibition “Handmade Paper from Asia to Europe” traces the journey and evolution of paper — from its birthplace in 1st-century China, to the first European papermaking workshops in the 13th century, and up to the early 20th century.
Through carefully selected objects from the archive, the exhibition highlights the techniques, cultural significance, and enduring appeal of a material that became the foundation of human communication.
Highlights include:
- The book Kamisuki Mura Kurotani (1970), awarded “The Most Beautiful Book in the World” at the Frankfurt International Book Fair (1972),
- Papermaking moulds from Asia, Europe, and America,
- Prints from the 18th to the 20th century depicting the stages and evolution of handmade papermaking.
Through the exhibition, you will travel back to a time when each sheet of paper was made by hand and served as the sole medium for recording knowledge, long before technology reduced paper to a mere wrapper.
The exhibition is open to the public every Wednesday from 10:00 to 14:00 and every Friday from 17:00 to 20:00.
Admission is free.
For group visits and further information:
📞 +30 210 976 9377
📧 info@tritonandshell.com
🌐 www.tritonandshell.com
📸 Instagram: @tritonandshell
About the Space and the Founders
Triton & Shell was created through the initiative of Andreas Fatouros, art conservator, paper artist, and co-founder of Clio Muse Tours.
Together with co-founders — Konstantinos Choulis, Professor Emeritus of Book and Paper Conservation at the University of West Attica, Maria Genitsariou, calligrapher and visual artist, and Eugenia Manta, writer and editor — Triton & Shell aspires to become a point of reference for the paper community in Greece and beyond.
The space hosts workshops for the conservation of paper and bookbinding, a specialized handmade paper production workshop, and a store offering carefully selected handmade papers and related materials curated by Andreas Fatouros.
Workshops and Activities
At Triton & Shell, workshops and activities will be held, exploring the creative possibilities of paper as an artistic medium, including handmade papermaking, calligraphy, artistic bookbinding, artist’s books, paper conservation, and creative writing.
Details about the workshops will be announced soon.