PETRA CLASS

After immigrating from Germany in 1991, Petra Class, a classically trained goldsmith, founded a small jewelry design studio in San Francisco. Since then it has grown into an atelier where a small team of gifted women create an ever growing collection of sculptural, contemporary jewelry. High karat gold and gemstones are fabricated into wearable works of art. Petra Class was educated in Germany. After studying art history and philosophy at the University of Stuttgart she pursued a rigorous tradition education in gold smithing and design before moving with her husband to his native San Francisco. Her classical training and connection to the cutting edge European design world combine with the organic and nature inspired attitude of California to create Petraʼs very own unmistakable vocabulary.