Krista
Design Group and Production Director
Senior Designer | Seattle Studio
Founding Artist | Available by appointment
From humble beginnings working alongside her father in a 300 square-foot wedge of retail space along Green Lake Drive, Krista has spent the past twenty years helping clients design one-of-a-kind pieces, apprenticing as a goldsmith at the bench, sourcing precious gemstones, and managing the overall production of custom jewelry.
Krista is the recipient of the 2015 MJSA Vision Award for jewelry design and her work has been featured in JCK, Marie Claire and Seattle Magazine.
Krista’s design aesthetic at times embraces a more organic and unrefined look reflective of the natural world, but just as often it likes to dress up prettily, undulate and flow, and finish with an immaculate sparkle. No matter what she brings to the table in terms of design, her clients are the ones who really drive the process.
Krista is an artist at heart, yet as a graduate of sociology from the University of Washington, she also has an equal passion for people. Krista finds that pieces like the ones Green Lake creates are less about the shapes, metals, or gem stones that make up a ring, and more about the sum of those parts and what they mean for the people who create them. The jewelry we make for our customers is for them exclusively and therefore must echo their sensibilities. Knowing a client's tastes and taking them from initial sketches to final castings requires a curiosity and appreciation for getting to know others and their personal preferences.
Sample of Krista's portfolio | Custom designs, work and favorite projects