Born in 1969, Darrel Cadman is the brother of well-known silversmith Andy Cadman and a half-brother of renowned smiths Gary and Sunshine Reeves. This group of relatively young smiths (35 to 40 years old) all learned much of their trade from David Reeves (Gary and Sunshine's full-brother who is now deceased). 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 silver since 1992.

This stunning piece holds a free-form stone of natural Broken Arrow Variscite from Nevada. The stone is mostly deep green, glassy and translucent with a lighter green cloud in one portion of the stone. This free-form stone is set in a straight-edged bezel wrapped with twist wire and highlighted to left and right by stamped appliquées and starred buttons. The cuff has a wonderfully sculpted edge, deep stampwork of flawless execution and a combination of repoussée shapes forming a cluster pattern at the terminals.

An example of Darrel's work is pictured on page 48 of American Indian Jewelry I: 1,200 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf (photo provided by Chacodog.com). Darrel's current hallmark consists of a ram's head and "D. Cadman" with "Sterling" stamped inside.

Stone: 1 3/16" x 1"

Width at starred buttons: 1 1/16"           Width at terminals: 1"

Terminal to terminal: 5 7/8"           Gap: 1 1/8"

Total inside circumference (including gap): 7"