Robert William Ebendorf (born September 30, 1938) is an American metalsmith and jeweler, known for craft, art and studio jewelry, often using found objects.
[3] In 2003–2004, the Smithsonian American Art Museum organized an exhibition of 95 pieces, titled The Jewelry of Robert Ebendorf: A Retrospective of Forty Years.
He credits the time spent there, and his mother, with helping create his sensitivity to the world around him and leading him to choose a career in art.
[7][5] After graduation, Ebendorf received a Fulbright Scholar grant to study abroad at the State School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Oslo, Norway.
[10] He was one of the founding members of the Society of North American Goldsmiths in 1970, and is an inductee of the National Metalsmiths Hall of Fame.