Yurman is also known for inventive stone cuts, most notably the cushion cut for the Albion Collection. He calls this category Silver Ice, where he shifted the luxurious use of diamond to a more daily occurrence. Many sterling pieces have pavé diamonds-notably, he was the first major jeweler to set diamonds in silver. Yurman creates collections in sterling silver and gold and is particularly recognized for his mixed metal designs. His cable design evolved to become the thread that connects all of his collections. Created through an innovative process Yurman pioneered, the cable motif was awarded two rare design trademarks in the United States since his design was instantly recognizable. He called the bracelet and related designs "Renaissance," and it has become one of his most enduring collections. In 1982, Yurman designed what became his signature piece, the cable bracelet: a twisted helix adorned with gemstones on its end caps. In 2009, he launched an exclusive collection of high jewelry and began overseeing the company's Wedding Collection, launched in 2006. In 2003, Evan Yurman joined the company, and in 2004 he became Design Director of the Men's and Timepiece Collections. During the 1980s and 1990s, the David Yurman company was at the forefront of the emerging category of American designer jewelry. This exhibit is seen as a pivotal moment for the connection between traditional artisans and established merchandisers. In 1977, Yurman was chosen as one of twelve jewelers to exhibit at the first New Designer Gallery at the Retail Jewelers of America Show (RJA) in New York City. Their son, Evan Yurman, was born on January 31, 1982. 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. Through Putnam Art Works, the Yurmans learned the marketplace for fine crafts and artisanal jewelry. They became key figures in the American craft movement. Throughout the next decade they exhibited their jewelry designs, sculptures and paintings at various galleries and craft fairs. Here, they formed a company called Putnam Art Works which specialized in sculptural jewelry. In the early 1970s, Yurman and Kleinrock moved to Carmel in upstate New York. It was in this studio that Yurman met the painter Sybil Kleinrock, his future wife, and business partner. In the late 1960s, Yurman became the shop foreman of sculptor Hans Van de Bovenkamp. Watson Court of International Trade in New York City. He also worked on the eagle sculpture commissioned for the James L. Koch Theater, designed by Phillip Johnson. At Lincoln Center, Yurman helped create the railings of the promenade in the David H. Here, he worked for various sculptors, including Theodore Roszak and Edward Meshekoff, doing large-scale public works. He also established his own studio in Greenwich Village. In the early 1960s, Yurman apprenticed for several years with modernist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. After a year at New York University, Yurman left college and spent the next five years hitchhiking between New York's Greenwich Village, Venice, California, and Big Sur, partaking in the Beatnik and San Francisco Renaissance cultural movements. At age 15 he met a Cuban welder and sculptor named Ernesto Gonzalez, who taught him welding techniques. David Yurman grew up in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.
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