INTRODUCING DEBORRAH 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 Brooch Image right: Deborrah Daher, 2015
Cactus Brooch 10 x 3 x 1 cms 22ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper, boulder opal ÂŁ1195
Shapes Brooch 3 9 x 5 x 0.5 cms silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ525
Summer Rain Brooch 6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cms 18ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper, peridot ÂŁ655
Shapes Brooch 4 8 x 6 x 0.5 cms 14ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ565
Sky Necklace 62 cms circumference silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ535
Sea Necklace 82.5 cms circumference silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ350
Deborrah Daher working in her studio in St Louis, Missouri, 2015
Spring Storm Necklace 66 cms circumference 14ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ540
Stacked Brooch 7.5 x 5 x 1 cms silver, enamel, copper, citrine, moss agate ÂŁ975
Shape Brooch 1 7.5 x 4.5 x 1 cms silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ530
Deborrah Daher’s studio, St Louis, Missouri
Hurricane Brooch 4.5 x 6 x 0.5 cms 18ct yellow gold, silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ535
Shapes Brooch 5 7.5 x 3.5 x 0.3 cms silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ530
Flood Brooch 5 x 5.5 x 0.5 cms silver, enamel, copper, raw peridot ÂŁ460
Spring Day Necklace 84 cms circumference silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ350
Shapes Brooch 6 7.5 x 4.5 x 2 cms silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ530
Tornado Brooch 4.5 x 5.5 x 1 cms 22ct yellow gold, Mexican fire opal, Japanese Kasumi pearl, silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ1140
Summer Day Necklace 82.5 cms circumference silver, enamel, copper ÂŁ350
Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibition Introducing Deborrah Daher 3 July 1 August 2015 Photographs of Deborrah Daher and her studio taken by Eve Daher Kinsella. All rights reserved. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced in any form by print, photocopy or by any other means, without the permission of the copyright holders and of the publishers.