About

I'm Dana. I design and make jewelry that is ever so playful and drenched in color. I want the people who wear my jewelry to put it on and smile the rest of the day. I find inspiration in nature and color. I bring that into my studio where I draw, cut, saw, sift, and torch it into beautiful jewelry.

I work in Sterling Silver and enamel, which is finely ground glass fused to metal with a torch. It creates a glassy shiny surface of vibrant color. Everything is made by hand in my California studio.

Take a Quick Tour of My Studio with Me

My first “studio” was the dining room table. It wasn’t ideal. I tidied up all my supplies every night so that you didn’t just see a mess when you walked into the front door. Then I upgraded to a workbench inside a guest-room closet where I introduced a small torch. It was so exciting getting to work with fire. But the fact that I was standing on hardwood floors was problematic. Next up came a nook in the garage and bigger torches. 

While I loved all of these spaces, this latest interaction is by far my favorite. I’m still in the garage, but I’ve expanded and I added an oxy-propane torch. I almost doubled my counter space. It’s the perfect size. I can be sitting at my fire table and reach around to the workbench to grab a pair of pliers.

I like to be organized so my husband built a wonderfully flexible french cleat system for my tools and supplies. Since I make colorful jewelry, I envisioned a colorful space, but it evolved into this light airy space. I love it. It’s a clean palette so I can focus on the jewelry. One of my favorite things is the large DBJ logo over my workbench. And I have to mention these fabulous antique windows that I bought from a guy who installs new windows. They are like a beautiful hug around the space. 

Housewares by Brad

A few steps away from all that glass and fire, there's another kind of creative magic happening. My husband Brad is a fabulous woodworker. I'm not being biased; he's objectively fabulous with decades of experience. 

Brad hand-crafts gorgeous wood pieces, from cutting boards to charcuterie boards to jewelry pieces, out of fine and exotic woods. Some stand entirely on their own. Others get a little DBJ flair worked right in. Either way, everything he makes is as handmade and one-of-a-kind as everything I make, which is probably why we get along so well.

You can shop his pieces, and our joint creations, under "by Brad."

 Thanks for dropping by.   --Dana