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Skipping a formal education, Shirley found home in the Electric Garden, the old red-light district of Tel Aviv that has morphed into the edgy, hip epicentre of nouveau industrial art. A craft pioneer, Shirley is fashioning new out of old, going by her own intuitions.

Shirley Itzik - "Ruby Star"

When most people think about jewelry, they don't think dismantled old clock parts or belts hanging from meat-hooks. Shirley Itzik's Ruby Star is the place for it, not only sporting an innovative fusion of different materials but also a different approach to marketing jewelry. Here, Shirley talks about her influences, which often include images that come to her in dreams.