The sophisticated silicone works of Tzuri Gueta do not immediately evoke the shoreline of Givat Olga, near Hadera, but the textile designer insists that it is his most meaningful source of inspiration. “My visual world is based on my childhood in Israel,” he says. “Everything is drawn from there, from the marine world I discovered as a child. I grew up in Givat Olga, on the seashore, as the youngest of...
Tzuri Gueta, once a struggling designer, is now the toast of Paris
Twenty years ago he struggled to get into a design course in Israel, now Gueta's diverse range of textiles works reach the top fashion houses.
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