A veteran petroleum geologist, professor, author, tennis player and skier, Eric Dahlberg has been an active silversmith, jewelry fabricator and designer since 2000.

He has completed over a dozen courses and workshops with renowned metal artists in the U.S. and Canada and has produced a large and varied collection of original works combining mainly silver, gemstones, polished rock pieces, bronze, copper and gold. These are pendants, bracelets, brooches, chains, earrings, rings, belt buckles and picture lockets.

He does not market his works publicly but accepts commissions for custom-designed pieces from private individuals who present an idea or a concept which can then be translated into an arresting piece of once-in-a-lifetime art combining metals and minerals.

In 2003 he was the runner-up for Lapidary Journal’s Metal Jewelry Award for his picture agate, silver and bronze western-style belt buckle “Taos Outrageous” (see Gallery).

“My objective is most simply to do with metals and minerals what Dave Brubeck, the eminent jazz pianist, does with musical chords and rhythms” he observes.

He is a member of the Calgary Rock and Mineral Club -- in whose shows he displays jewelry and rocks from his extensive world-wide collection and demonstrates silversmithing arts -- and the Calgary Metal Arts Guild, METALPHORIC.