KIROS DIAMOND SPECIALTY - Key Persons
John Peters president of Kiros Diamond Specialty has been in the retail jewelry business for over 35 years and graduated from the University of Kansas, one of the top metal programs in the county with a Bachelor and Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Design with Honors. His area of design study and expertise was in jewelry and metalsmithing.
Professionally, John has worked in all facets of the jewelry industry as a wax modeler, caster, bench jeweler, diamond setter, goldsmith, custom and freelance jewelry designer, diamond salesman, and store manager. John started his jewelry employment as a bench jeweler at Perrin's Jewelry in Kansas City, Kansas.
He moved in 1986 to Washington and started as a bench jeweler in Seattle for Hankins Jewelry and freelance designer for Philip Monroe Jeweler. Then John moved across Lake Washington to work in Bellevue Square for Goldmaster Custom Jewelers and Diamond Expressions as a jeweler, custom designer, and salesman. From there he went to work as a jewelry designer, manager and diamond salesman for The Gemologist in Bellevue.
John moved in 2001 to the South Sound to work as a jeweler for Kit Kuhn Jeweler in Gig Harbor and Michael's Goldsmith Services in Tacoma. In 2006, John took over Kraus Diamond Specialty and has since run the store under the name Kiros Diamond Specialty, Inc.