Daniel Brush

The Art of Line and Light Daniel Brush

Texts by Vivienne Becker, Olivia Brush, Lise Macdonald, and Catherine Renier Photographs by Benjamin Chelly and Carly Leigh Lapidus

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts | 5 Continents Editions

Art Space

Photographs by Carly Leigh Lapidus

Foreword

Lise Macdonald and Catherine Renier

The Studio

Olivia Brush

Art Space

Photographs by Carly Leigh Lapidus

Daniel Brush: The Art of Line and Light

Vivienne Becker

Art Works

Photographs by Benjamin Chelly

Art Space

Photographs by Carly Leigh Lapidus

Acknowledgements

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

Editorial supervision: Guillaume Glorieux, Léonard Pouy

Editing: Clémence De Gasperi, assisted by Apolline Descombes

5 Continents Editions

Managing Editor

Aldo Carioli

Art Director

Oliver Barstow

Translation from French (Foreword)

Julian Comoy

Copy editing and Proofreading

Charles Gute, Lucia Moretti

Color separation

Maurizio Brivio, Milan, Italy

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© 2026 – 5 Continents Editions S.r.l., Milan, Italy

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Printed and bound on Sappi Magno Volume 150 gr paper by Unigrafica S.r.l., Gorgonzola (Milan, Italy) for 5 Continents Editions, Milan, in March 2026

Cover

Daniel Brush

Nest (detail)

Butterflies, Ladybugs

1990–1992

Pure gold and steel

3.81 � 10.16 � 5.72 cm

© Private collection – Photo L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts / Benjamin Chelly

Photo credits

Pages 5–19, 27–45, 149–161: photo Carly Leigh Lapidus

Page 25: photo Nathan Crooker

Pages 45, 55–77, 80–143: © L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts / Benjamin Chelly

Page 50: © 2025 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved / Sidney and Esther Rabb Gallery / Bridgeman Images

Page 51: © J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA / Bridgeman Images

Pages 78–79: © Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images