Award-winning Atelier and Boutique
Our award-winning atelier specializes in the making of thoughtfully designed custom jewelry. As experienced artisans, we carefully design and create each piece to your personal stylistic preferences and unique tastes. All our jewelry is finely crafted with you in mind.
We have worked with Frieder for over 20 years. Frieder is an extremely talented jewelry artist. He is simply amazing. He designed and made my wife’s engagement and wedding ring for her in 1999, a beautiful intricate broach for my mother, several earrings and necklaces for wife and daughter. He is very caring and kind… a fabulous person.
Call him and you will very quickly come to the same conclusion we have come to!!
Award Winning Designer,
Accomplished Craftsman
Platinum Ring
featuring 51ct. Columbian Ametrine cut by John Dyer
First prize winner 2020 MJSA Vision Awards, colored stones distinction
First prize winner 2020 MJSA Vision Awards, custom design distinction
Frieder H. Lauer
Graduate Gemologist, Jewelry Designer, Master Goldsmith, CAD Modeling Artist
Immigrant from Germany, Frieder received his education in gemology and jewelry design from the GIA (Graduate Gemologist, class of 1987, Santa Monica Campus). He is looking back at more than 35 years of professional experience.
Starting out in 1989 in a retail store setting as staff designer, he created sketches at the counter for walk-in clients and carved intricate wax models for custom jewelry pieces. Soon, his creativity was recognized with a featured piece in the 1990 AGTA Spectrum Award Highlights Video. During his first decade as a jewelry designer, Frieder had the unique privilege to learn the art of traditional, classic European goldsmithing from an accomplished French master.
From 2001 to 2025 Frieder worked in Houston, Texas, as an independent craftsman and free-lance jewelry artist catering to a number of jewelry designers and jewelry retailers. Soon, the unique challenges he encountered as a niche jeweler forced him to expand the scope of his skills and the choice of his tools: The setter’s microscope, the laser welder and finally the combination of CAD and 3-D printing: novel technologies became tools he applied and used routinely to boost his creative options and expand his artistic capabilities at the bench.
Frieder’s work has received recognition repeatedly even on an international level by most major Jewelry Trade Organizations, such as the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA), the Japan Pearl Promotion Society, Jewelers Circular Keystone (JCK) and the Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA).
In the summer of 2025 Frieder closed his atelier in Houston, Texas, and moved to Traverse City in northern Michigan. Frieder Lauer still continues his longstanding work relations as senior design consultant and featured designer of high-end custom jewelry for the Houston based diamond house and online jewelry retailer BrianGavinDiamonds.com. Frieder Lauer also remains committed to serve a curated group of very loyal private clients.
Gallery of Award Milestones
1990
AGTA Spectrum Awards:
Highlight Video Feature and
Honorable Mention
1994
Jewelers’ Circular-Keystone:
Retail Jewelry Design Contest
1st Place
1995
23rd International
Pearl Design Contest:
Honorable Mention
1996
AGTA Spectrum Awards:
Honorable Mention
2013
Palladium Alliance International:
Winner (design: Mathias Lauer)
2020
MJSA Vision Awards:
1st Place: Colored Stone Category
1st Place: Custom Design Category
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If you are looking for an honest man to help you with your next jewelry or gem purchase, Frieder is your man! Frieder has the knowledge and experience to help you research, design, and make your next piece. Frieder does a great job of listening to your wants and providing options to meet your budget. Let Frieder help you on your next purchase and you will not be disappointed!
The only artistic limitation is your mind
Modern manufacturing technologies are changing the way fine pieces of jewelry are made. We strive to use these new tools to raise the bar for our creative ambitions. To artisans and makers, technology is a very powerful tool that enables us today to augment our potential: we push the limits of our craftsmanship and expand the horizons of our creativity. Technology never replaces the mastery of skills with traditional hand tools: at the very beginning is still pencil and paper to record and visualize what is on our mind. At the very end is still the diligent human hand guided by a trained eye that lovingly finishes every one of our pieces to perfection.
I can’t recommend Frieder and his son enough. They have worked with some really difficult clients in the past and the results were astoundingly good. They exceeded expectations each time. If you want quality work, managed expectations, and happy clients, Frieder should be on your short list.
Frieder is an ingenious designer of unique high-end jewelry. His talent is only rivalled by his unparalled craftsmanship. There is no better source if one looks for extraordinary customized pieces of jewelry.
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Location
Traverse City, Michigan
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