Deborah Meyers creates one-of-a-kind jewelry grounded in traditional goldsmithing and articulated through a contemporary material language. Her practice privileges material presence, surface, and proportion, favoring restraint and clarity over overt narrative.

Working across mixed and precious metals, including high-karat gold, Meyers approaches jewelry as a site of sustained inquiry rather than collection-based production. Her work is informed by long-term study of ancient jewelry traditions—particularly those of the Mediterranean world—where adornment carried weight, intention, and permanence.

Rather than referencing historical forms directly, she distills their material logic—patina, tactility, and structural integrity—and reinterprets it within a modern context. Each piece is conceived as a quiet exchange between contrasts: refined and raw, luminous and darkened, controlled and intuitive.

The resulting objects are deliberate and tactile, intended to be lived with over time. History remains present but never illustrative, allowing each work to exist as a singular expression firmly situated in the present.