David Yurman
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. There are currently a total of 32 David Yurman boutiques in North America and worldwide.
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.