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ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Petra Class
on jewelry-making.
Trained as a silversmith in Germany and having spent several years constructing tableware, my approach to jewelry making is informed foremost by the European tradition of applied art. I limit myself to creating jewelry that is wearable and also, to a big degree, to the materials traditionally perceived as precious. Within these limitations I am trying to develop my own language, hoping to be able to not only communicate my own sensibilities but also a sense of contemporary aesthetique.
Over the years, I find certain themes reoccurring in my work, the rhythmical arrangements of several elements, repetition of similar forms or colors, the unexpected contrasts of differently textured materials...
I am endlessly fascinated with gemstones, precious or not....by the wealth of different reds found in nature, by the sea of blues: the opaqueness of lapis, the transparency and subtlety of a lightly lilac-colored sapphire. One can almost paint with these stones.
Within the self-imposed limitation of, for instance, making a gold brooch I feel I can, through my choice of colors and textures, communicate a certain mood , an attitude towards life that in turn will be, I hope , sensed by whoever is looking at the piece...like a improvisational jazz melody, like an abstract landscape...

Ring
Aquamarine facetted oval and rectangle, 22/18k gold.
2012
Earrings
Aquamarine facetted drop & freeform, .2cts diamonds, 22/18k gold.
2012
Earrings
Facetted blue sapphire, yellow sapphire, aquamarine, 22/18k gold.
2012
Earrings
Rough cut lapis, 18/22k gold
2012
Earrings
Rough lapis and .2 cts diamond, 22/18k on post.
2012
Earrings
Diamonds & Diamond Crystals
2012
Bracelet
Diamond crystals, 22/18k gold.
2012
Montana Earrings
Saphires and Gold
2012
Studs
Aquamarine, Diamonds and Gold
2012
Earrings
Saphires and Gold
2012
Braclete
Tourmaline and Gold
2012
Ring
2012
Earrings
Pearl Diamonds and Gold
2012
Multi-Cut Bracelet
Saphires and Gold
2012
Multi Stone Earrings
Aquamarine, Pearl, Topaz, Sapphire and 22kt gold
2012