Considered one of America’s most influential jewelry and accessory designers, Robert Lee Morris creates jewelry that illuminates the body and nourishes the soul. An effortless fusion of the spiritual and the sensual, his unique body of work reflects the forefront of jewelry as wearable art. Long noted for his distinctive fusion of primal forms, hand workmanship and cutting-edge sensibility, his pieces are enthusiastically sought by connoisseurs of high fashion around the world.
Robert understands what makes a woman beautiful and unique, and he has collaborated with designers such as Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors and Donna Karan. His designs draw their inspiration from nature, myth and fantasy and have been described as both “cerebral” and “intuitive.” His distinctive style is one of strong, graceful shapes that call forth the profound emotional responses that we all feel to the artifacts of ancient and aboriginal cultures from around the world. Inspired by pieces as varied as bronze-age spears, early Chinese jade axes, and African tribal ironwork, Morris’ imagination transforms the suggestions of these evocative objects into works all his own, creating superb ornaments that seem to speak to us from another, very distant time and place.
Over the years, Robert has developed his own distinct shapes. Each collection captures the strength and grace of liquid geometry that has been his signature since 1970. His pieces can be seen at his gallery in New York’s Soho, in the high-fashion collections of Donna Karan, and in select jewelry stores throughout the United States.
