The Akia Shop

Art + design to evoke moments of joy + connection. Often inspired by the beauty + traditions of Gree

03/25/2026

ζήτω η Ελλάς!

thank you for being my constant source of inspiration 💙

polla

03/17/2026

green is really just a shade of blue 😉💚🍀

“katse” in green

03/10/2026

March is a great month to celebrate your love affair with greece… and plant the seeds for the littles in your life! 🇬🇷

Evzonaki embroidered styles for babies through adults 🫶

03/01/2026

march! kalo mina! women’s history month. spring. greek independence day. lent. a time to emerge from hibernation! ✨

Today, on March 1st and the Sunday of Orthodoxy, it is especially fitting to remember Empress Theodora. (slide 4) Leaving a rural family to marry an iconoclast Emperor, she used her power to restore iconography to the Church after his death.

02/24/2026

art parties are fun! 🎨🏺✨

now booking for spring 2026

02/20/2026

ready to sparkle in the spring sun! 🌞

martaki featuring a terracotta triangle baked on a Greek island and covered in 24K gold for a tiny indulgence ✨

on march 1st, according to a very old tradition deeply connected to the cycles of the natural world, we tie little red and white bracelets on our wrists. this symbolizes the spring, when the sun grows stronger, and nature reawakens. martakia mean hope.

many people make wishes, tying their bracelets onto a tree for good luck after some time has passed, making a tiny offering to nature (some traditions say a bird will come to pick up the string for their nests!) and hoping that their wish will come true. in some parts of greece, the tradition is so specific that the timing is not connected with the changing months, but with the return of a local migratory bird or with the blooming of a local flower.

the greek earth collection honors this deep connection to the earth, with terracotta beads sourced from greece and cotton string. (terracotta means “cooked earth!”)

02/19/2026

february and I’m missing my soulmate 🫶

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02/17/2026

celebrating donkeys in honor of the year of the horse? love it! 🫏

02/16/2026

martakia | greek earth collection ✨
With terracotta beads in fun geometric shapes baked on a Greek island and finished with nature-toned glazes or 24K gold, this spring you can touch Greek earth wherever you are.

Martakia are a Greek tradition of little red and white bracelets worn on March 1st to welcome spring and symbolize hope ✨

02/14/2026

art is what you see - do you see hearts? 💕

Ancient “hearts” before this [ ❤️ ] was a universal symbol! Vase painters in antiquity loved to fill every space with design. If you’ve ever been young and rejoiced in filling in your school notes with hearts and flowers and doodles, you understand this joy. These hearts are actually leaves! 🥰

ancient (& modern) inspiration 🏺
terracotta libation bowl, c. 500 BCE
terracotta kantharoid skyphos, c. 410 BCE
green heart sea glass, found 2025

Happy Valentine’s Day!

cupid / eros / greek art / terracotta

02/13/2026

martakia to me have always been a symbol of hope, as much as a symbol of spring. as busy as I have been creating and telling stories, I couldn’t forgo a collection this year, when it feels like we need hope more than ever.

With beads baked in Greece of terracotta and finished with nature-toned glazes or 24K gold, you can touch Greek earth wherever you are.

martakia: the greek earth collection ✨

now live!

ps: the need for hope across the world always exists; it just seems more tangible now, more personal to the specific ways I’m connected to the world.

01/13/2026

january breakfast on repeat: vasilopita toast, koulourakia, and an espressaki + a side of art! ✨

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