Green Leap Petra Eff Studio
Petra Eff Studio is the creative practice of Petra Floyd, a queer first-generation Liberian-American artist and designer based in Pittsburgh. Rooted in improvisation, collaboration, and joy, Petra’s work moves across performance, sound, drawing, and design.
New Products Developed with Monmade
Petra’s newest exploration with Green Leap—Gourd Pendants—extends this ethos into the built environment, transforming natural forms into playful, sculptural fixtures. Each light reflects Petra’s instinctive approach to materials and form, marrying the organic and the imaginative to create everyday objects that hold space for feeling, reflection, and delight.
Featured Product Specifications
Sculptural and statement-making, Petra Eff Studio’s Gourd Pendants are crafted from Pennsylvania-grown gourds and hand-finished to highlight each form’s natural beauty. Every pendant is dried, carved, and sealed to preserve the organic variation in color, shape, and texture that makes each piece one of a kind.
Available in several styles—including Calabash and Birdhouse, and in small and large sizes—the pendants pair brass-tone hardware with gold braided cords to create warm, inviting silhouettes. Designed to shine solo or be clustered in combinations, Petra’s gourd pendants can be installed individually or on a shared canopy to form dramatic chandelier groupings.
Rooted in biophilic design, these lights offer a radiant connection between the handmade and the natural world, bringing light, reflection, and presence into contemporary interiors.
sustainablyMonmade Insights
Through our assessment of her studio and processes, Petra Eff Studio achieves four of Monmade’s six dimensions of sustainability: environment, climate, human health, and social equity.
Learn more about Monmade’s holistic approach to sustainability.
Monmade’s holistic approach to sustainability is described by our Dimensions of Sustainability. Rooted in our team’s knowledge of responsible manufacturing processes for small businesses, our six defined dimensions inform our assessments of artisan producers and their products. Our producers and their products achieve a dimension when they meet one or more of that dimension’s defined criteria.
Using sustainable materials including recycled, reclaimed, or bio-based materials, prioritizing sustainable vendors and local sourcing, minimizing environmental impact of facility and/or manufacturing waste, publicizing sustainability practices, planning for responsible growth
Manufacturing at and/or within 100 miles of primary business location, using renewable energy sources, reducing energy consumption, reducing water consumption, measuring carbon footprint, seeking reduction of use of non-renewable resources
Products contributing to safe indoor and/or outdoor air quality, using low-to-zero VOC adhesives/sealants/finishes/paints, products comply with specific industry standards including UL and ADA, providing adequate safety and personal protection equipment for employees, safely using/storing/disposing of materials and/or finishes, using and/or encouraging green cleaning methods for products, recommending responsible installation and/or maintenance of products
Business is women and/or minority owned, workforce is more than 50% women and/or minorities, located in an LMI area, hiring local workforce, contributing portion of profits to charitable organizations, practicing public stewardship, offering employee benefits, providing wage transparency
Designing products for zero-impact, reuse, and the elimination of waste throughout the entire life-cycle of the product. A circular system often includes (but not limited to) using sustainable materials (e.g. bio-based, reclaimed), safe and efficient manufacturing, durability, using sustainable packaging materials, and a plan for end-of-life
Indicates when producers/products/ product components are independently certified/verified for their environmental attribute claims by a third-party organization; certifications/ verifications can be for single attribute claims such as FSC or multiple attribute claims such as EPD, HPD, and life-cycle analysis