INTRODUCINGDEBORRAH DAHER

DEBORRAH DAHER

Based in St Louis, Missouri, Deborrah Daher was originally a painter and ceramic artist and fell in love with the art of jewellery making in 1980; bringing with her an appreciation for color and texture. Her jewellery is hand made in precious metals using techniques that include forging, carving, and enamelling. With an unerring eye for balance, she incorporates silver, shibuichi, gold, pearls, gemstones, and vitreous enamel.

Her work is an exploration of unusual beauty, of balance, of growth cycles. It expresses what can be found in things often overlooked or taken for granted, the idea that transcendence is in what’s common and small, that awareness and appreciation creates a mysterious and strange beauty. Interested in the structure of self-renewal and flowing balance, each piece is a moment caught between movements.

“My work is elegant and direct, resulting in contemporary jewellery with a powerful presence, illustrating the unfailing beauty of life.” Deborrah Daher.

Cover image: Stacked BroochImage right: Deborrah Daher, 2015

Cactus Brooch10 x 3 x 1 cms22ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper, boulder opal£1195

Shapes Brooch 39 x 5 x 0.5 cms

silver, enamel, copper£525

Summer Rain Brooch6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cms

18ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper, peridot£655

Shapes Brooch 48 x 6 x 0.5 cms14ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper £565

Sky Necklace62 cms circumferencesilver, enamel, copper

£535

Sea Necklace82.5 cms circumferencesilver, enamel, copper£350

Deborrah Daher working in her studio in St Louis, Missouri, 2015

Spring Storm Necklace66 cms circumference14ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper £540

Stacked Brooch7.5 x 5 x 1 cmssilver, enamel, copper, citrine, moss agate£975

Shape Brooch 17.5 x 4.5 x 1 cms

silver, enamel, copper£530

Deborrah Daher’s studio, St Louis, Missouri

Hurricane Brooch4.5 x 6 x 0.5 cms18ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper£535

Shapes Brooch 57.5 x 3.5 x 0.3 cms

silver, enamel, copper£530

Flood Brooch5 x 5.5 x 0.5 cmssilver, enamel, copper, raw peridot£460

Spring Day Necklace84 cms circumferencesilver, enamel, copper£350

Shapes Brooch 67.5 x 4.5 x 2 cmssilver, enamel, copper£530

Tornado Brooch4.5 x 5.5 x 1 cms

22ct yellow gold, Mexican fire opal, Japanese Kasumi pearl, silver, enamel, copper

£1140

Summer Day Necklace82.5 cms circumference

silver, enamel, copper£350

Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibitionIntroducing Deborrah Daher3 July 1 August 2015

Photographs of Deborrah Daher and her studio taken by Eve Daher Kinsella.

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