Lauren Wolf was introduced to the art of jewelry metalsmithing in the mountains of Mexico. Today, Lauren is best known for creating unusual rings using ethically-mined, rare colored diamonds.

After attending the University of Georgia for Journalism, Lauren studied with Billy King at the Sterling Quest School in San Miguel de Allende, where she fell in love with jewelry making. She deepened her knowledge by studying jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and describes her time learning from the vendors and artists of New York’s Diamond District as “priceless.”

Following eight years of creating jewelry in New York City, Lauren relocated to the Bay Area. Her designs incorporate seemingly contradictory elements — at once primitive and sophisticated, edgy and elegant, classical and unconventional.

“What I love about jewelry is the tangibility of it, the extension of personal expression that extends to the wearer, and the three-dimensionality of it. I love the tactile part of jewelry and that it’s a miniature art form—you can take it wherever you want.” — Lauren Wolf