Socrates, Know Thy Self,1999
An autobiographic observation. Housed in a cigar box is a guillotined 1970’s Boy Scout manual and one square cuttings of oak, beech, red maple leaves, birch bark, and paper wasp nest, Porcupine quills, twig collected from around the artist’s home, 10 x 13 x 2 inches, $7000

Sawbox, 1996-2001
SAWBOX is a late 19th century natural history text, illustrated with wood engravings wrapped around White Pine Cones. These cones are housed in an antique wooden saw box with a handsaw stored in the lid of the box,9 x 9 x 32 inches, $5000

Jaw bones, 1996
Various lower jaws from mammals residing in the North East Woods wrapped in the 19th and 20th century maps, sizes variable, $50 – $300

Porcupine, $50

Racoon, $50

Bear, $300

Rabbit Skull, $150

Biography

Steven Daiber is the son of two biologists and a perpetual student of nature. Most of his life, when not in school, was spent on the Delaware seashore collecting specimens and assisting his fathers’ research. He has spent his life collecting, dissecting and drawing the animal and plant life around him.

Daiber’s professional work as an artist originated with training in drawing and painting. He has worked with books for more than fifteen years. Some of his most recent work as a book artist reflects the influence of annual trips to Cuba since 2001.

Observation of his immediate terrain has always informed his art making.

Steven Daiber Website