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David Yurman Inc. is a privately held American designer jewelry company founded by David Yurman (born October 12, 1942 in New York City) and Sybil Yurman (born December 10, 1942 in New York City) and headquartered in New York City.〔(David Yurman )〕 There are currently 24 David Yurman boutiques in North America and five international boutiques. ==History== David Yurman grew up on Long Island, New York. At age 16, he met Cuban welder and sculptor Ernesto Gonzales who taught him the direct welding techniques that inform Yurman’s work today. After a year at New York University, David left college and spent the next five years hitchhiking between Greenwich Village, Venice, and Big Sur, immersing himself in the Beatnik and San Francisco Renaissance cultural movements. In the early 1960s, David apprenticed for several years with modernist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. He also established his own studio in Greenwich Village and worked for various sculptors, including Theodore Roszak. In the late 1960s, David became the shop foreman for sculptor Hans Van de Bovenkamp and it was in this studio that David met the painter Sybil Kleinrock, his future wife and business partner. In the early 1970s, David and Sybil moved to Carmel in upstate New York and formed a company called Putnam Art Works, which specialized in sculptural jewelry. Throughout the next decade, David and Sybil exhibited their jewelry designs, sculptures, and paintings at various galleries and craft fairs. Through Putnam Art Works, the Yurmans learned the marketplace for fine crafts and artisanal jewelry. They married in 1979 and founded the David Yurman company a year later, with Sybil Yurman acting as a co-creator and collaborator in all facets of the business. Their son, Evan Yurman, was born on January 31, 1982. In 1987, David Yurman debuted his jewelry designs at the World Watch and Jewelry Show in Basel, Switzerland. David Yurman became a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1999. In 1977, David was chosen as one of twelve jewelers to exhibit at the first New Designer Gallery at the Jewelers of America show in New York City. In 1982, Yurman introduced what became his signature piece, the cable bracelet: a twisted helix adorned with gemstones on its end caps. He called the bracelet and related designs “Renaissance,” and it has become one of his most enduring collections. His cable design evolved to become the thread that connects all of his collections. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Yurman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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