MMW - Key Persons


Irini Canzoniere - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Teacher
Maria-Irini Canzoniere, daughter of Marinella, is the co-founder of the Marinella Mosaic Workshop in Crete. Born in 1997 in Zurich, after graduating high school she finished her studies in Computer Science in a university in Switzerland, is currently studying Business/Marketing, Art history and Ceramics.

Marinella owens-Canzoniere - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Artist
  • Co - Founder, Italo - Cretan Artist
Marinella is an artist who paints and creates mosaics using vibrant colours. Born in Zurich (of Cretan-Sicilian parents), Switzerland in 1975, her Greek sense of beauty is inspired by the art of the Byzantine empire and a deep sensitivity for the painters of the Italian Renaissance.