"Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Dana Harel came to California as a transfer student to study architecture, full of anticipation of what the future might hold for her. Yet after graduation and briefly working in the field, she decided that a pivot was in order. "I realized I needed something more expressive, less tied to rules and constraints," Harel says. "That is when I began shifting toward art and design.""
"In 2020, Harel founded her San Francisco-based studio, White Dirt, where she produces limited-edition functional objects for everyday ritual, from vessels to furniture. She combines photography, drawing, painting, and sculpting techniques to create textural effects. No matter which material she chooses, she strives to capture the imperfect, in-between moments in form. There's also no limit to the ways Harel makes sure to remember ideas as they take shape in her mind."
Dana Harel grew up in Tel Aviv and studied architecture after transferring to California. After graduating and briefly working in architecture, she shifted toward art and design to pursue more expressive, less constrained work. In 2020 she founded White Dirt in San Francisco, producing limited-edition functional objects for everyday ritual, including vessels and furniture. She blends photography, drawing, painting, and sculpting to achieve textured surfaces and intentionally captures imperfect, intermediate qualities in her pieces. She records ideas in notebooks, scraps, and quick doodles, and values the ideation phase when concepts remain open before becoming fixed.
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