How Egyptian Designer Farah Abdelhamid is Changing the Art of Jewelry

For young Egyptian jewelry artist Farah Abdelhamid, this moment is the focus of her work, which reflects on the way people interact with jewelry and other non-wearable objects, and how jewelry can reflect an artistic experience rather than just a luxury product "What I am trying to do is really elevate looking at the jewelry and wearing it as an experience and as an art form, rather than as an accessory So, I want to challenge the societal and cultural norms of how we understand jewelry and our expectations of it," she tells Egyptian Streets.

Starting out with an interest in art and painting, Abdelhamid went on to conclude her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design In her collection 'Made to Form' for Milan Design Week, Abdelhamid looked at how we categorize and view objects as jewelry, clothing, or accessories - investigating the 'grey' area between object and jewelry, wearable and non-wearable "Through my research during my thesis, I was focusing on the transition point between an object and jewelry and really looking at the essence of form from a design perspective, such as what is the difference between an object and jewelry, or jewelry and clothing," she explains.

Abdelhamid is not just a designer, but also a teacher at her studio, 'Studio with Farah', which offers hands-on practical workshops, exercises and projects that teach and promote contemporary styles of jewelry making For years jewelry making was a male-dominated field, before Azza Fahmy became the first woman to train with a goldsmith in Egypt, forming and polishing metal on her own to create her iconic jewelry brand. . Source