He worked in 1965 as an apprentice jeweler among very good silversmiths, creating Rhodian jewelry. He graduated from the school of silver and goldsmithing in 1972. In 1978 he made the design of a crown of silver, gold and pearls that was made and offered to the winner of the Rhodes beauty pageants. Two more silver dishes of Rhodian art. One was offered to Home Secretary Strato on the anniversary of the Dodecanese integration and the other to then-British Prime Minister Callahan.
Manolis Papadimitriou opened his first shop-workshop in the old town of Rhodes on Sofokleou Street that still exists. You will find here unique jewelry made by hand with precious stones in gold and silver.