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The Future of the Industry – the Department of Jewelry and Fashion Graduate Exhibition
A selection of articles covering Bezalel’s 2024 Department of Jewelry and Fashion Graduate Exhibition:
Walla Fashion
The article discusses and reviews a variety of final projects, ranging from “ready-to-wear” to expressive conceptual projects. Speaking about the department and the uniqueness of this year's exhibition, Shelly Satat, Head of the Department, said, “The uniqueness of Bezalel’s Department of Jewelry and Fashion, both locally and internationally, is reflected in the variety of projects that express groundbreaking ideas, technological innovation, and traditional skills. Throughout the creative process, our students are given the space and freedom to create. In this particularly challenging year, we have encouraged them to express themselves, articulate positions, and develop a discourse. Amidst the difficulties, the graduates chose to focus on the bright side.”
Full article on the Walla Fashion site
Fashion Forward
In the Department of Jewelry and Fashion’s Graduate Exhibition, continuous dialogue resonates between the tangible and the artistic, with the works mostly focusing on the relationship between body and garment, and the various crafts that create them – placing a strong emphasis on accessories, shoe designs, and knitting and weaving techniques. The young designers do not exactly offer escapism, but they do offer hope, derived from the joy of creation, the power of talent, and the wisdom of this sort of observation of time and place.
Full article on the Fashion Forward site
Are Magazine
Over the years, the Department of Jewelry and Fashion has emphasized craftsmanship and the preservation of traditional handcrafts, while teaching clothing, jewelry, accessory, and object design. The current cohort of graduates, who began their studies during the pandemic and completed their final year during a war, created from deep within themselves, and learned to overcome many challenges along the way. Through it all, they found their way into a world of personal, free, and unique creation. This freedom to create was evident throughout the exhibition at Bezalel, as in many projects, the dialogue between the creator and the garment, as well as between the garment and the viewer, was clearly visible.
Maariv Culture
“The final projects presented in the exhibition throughout the newly renovated and impressive campus integrate the fields studied in the department: clothing, jewelry making, accessories and objects. They are based on rigorous craftsmanship and a wealth of materials and technology: from traditional metalwork, through creation with fabrics and soft materials, shoemaking and working with leather to advanced 3D printing techniques, digital fashion and AI.”
