"A beautiful photograph on your wall or a painting can be so impactful for so many people, myself included. But 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 discovered her love for casting found objects while learning the art of metalsmithing in the mountains of Mexico. Today, Lauren Wolf Jewelry is best known for creating unusual engagement rings using ethically-mined, rare colored diamonds and can be found in over sixty boutiques nationwide.

Produced in California, with roots in New York City – where the brand was born and based for eight years – Lauren Wolf Jewelry often incorporates seemingly contradictory elements in order to produce designs that are at once primitive and sophisticated, edgy and elegant, classic and unconventional.

Upon relocating to the Bay Area in 2011, Lauren opened her first retail location, ESQUELETO in Oakland. In 2015, ESQUELETO launched a Southern California outpost in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. In 2019 another Los Angeles location opened in the Los Feliz neighborhood, followed by Manhattan and San Diego. Lauren’s growing brick and mortar presence is testament to the style-forward designs and uncommon beauty that are the hallmark of her brand.

You can read more about Lauren's path in the jewelry world in this "Meet the Jeweler" interview.

Lauren's work is designed and produced in Oakland, CA.