J1584 Darrell Cadman Cuff
Sterling silver cuff by master Navajo silversmith Darrell Cadman. The 2” cuff has silver overlay arrows and other patterns highlighting a repousse concho pattern with a Royston turquoise in the center. The inside is 5 3/4” with a 1 1/4” gap.
Royston is known for its beautiful colors ranging from deep green to rich, light blues with a brown matrix. While Royston is considered an active mine, it is a very small operation. Royston is a district in Nevada consisting of three turquoise mines: Bunker Hill, Oscar Wehrend, and the main producer, high quality Royal Blue. The mine in Nevada is still producing high quality turquoise but in limited amounts.
Darrell Cadman is a Navajo silversmith from Gallup, NM, born in 1969. He learned his craft from his brothers, David, Gary and Daniel Reeves, and has been working as a silversmith since 1990.
Today Darrell lives and works in the Twin Lakes & Albuquerque areas.
About the artist
Darrell Cadman
(Navajo b. 1969 – present)
The Cadman and Reeves brothers are known for their outstanding silverwork, bringing traditional Navajo styles into the contemporary forefront by way of excellent craftsmanship and detail. Darrel is willing to tackle some of the more unusual forms, such as boxes, a type of Navajo silver artistry which, in recent times, has become more difficult to find, especially executed in such a masterful way.
Darrel Cadman was born in 1969. Silversmithing not only runs in his family, but the highest quality and classic work is found not only in the work Darrell creates, but that of his brothers, Donovan and Andy as well as his half- brothers, Gary and Sunshine Reeves. Each of them learned from Gary and Sunshine’s brother, David, an artist now deceased who nonetheless passed on a tremendous legacy of outstanding Navajo silver and turquoise jewelry artistry.
This group of relatively young smiths, having all learned much of their trade from David Reeves, the Cadman brothers and the Reeves brothers, therefore, share a common element of apprenticeship and exhibit certain similarities in their work. Darrel has been smithing and selling silver pieces since 1992.
Darrel has perfected the traditional art of cluster work. His most popular work is this style, made from heavy silver and lots of stones. The silver is filled with his traditional Navajo techniques consisting of distinctive deep stamping in traditional cultural patterns. Darrel consistently focuses on texture and depth: some pieces are highly adorned while others have a clean and simple line.
Darrell signs his pieces with a D or D Cadman with a Rams head.
