Jera Lodge Jewelry

08/04/2026

Last chance to shop my website before i take my store offline for the foreseeable future!

In case you missed it, I’m turning off purchasing on my website after August 8th. I’m ready to not have to pay attention to the ever changing internet landscape and this is the last big step.

You’ll still be able to find my work Dransfield Jewelers and Danaca Design Studio

08/01/2026

Shop Update! My online shop will be closing on July 8th.

Life has taken me in some interesting and exciting new directions, and I’ve been enjoying allowing my creative energies to meander and flow where they may. Lately this has included focusing on my garden, house repairs, knitting & sewing, experimental baking, volunteering at the library, and joining various local organizations and non-profits. Investing more of my energy in my local community has been a great counter-weight to what can feel like a world on fire.

With the ever changing online landscape, including truly alarming things such as Amazon scraping small business websites and listing items for sale on their own platform without artist permission (and if you haven’t heard about this yet, please look it up - it’s horrifying), it feels increasingly unwise to leave my store open when I’m not actively engaged in managing it or keeping up with the ever changing permissions and auto-opt in options.

If you find yourself wanting to make a purchase from me beyond this week, you may still find some of my work at Dransfield Jewelers in Richmond, VA or at Danaca Design Studio in Seattle, WA. You can also shoot me an email and I’ll do my best to reply in a timely manner.

I don’t know what else will come down the line for me in the jewelry world but I’m feeling good about taking a step back for now. Thank you to everyone who has followed along here, on insta, or in real life.

Until the next time, stay in touch and keep shopping small & local! It’s always a gift when you can say, I know who made this!

Photo is of a bouquet from my garden! 💐

01/11/2026

I started off this year with a magical week of friends and art and great conversations, connection and joy with others and with myself. I’m feeling refreshed and excited in a way that i haven’t felt in years. I’m hopeful it’s the start of something and also nervous that it might not last (tho I’m pretty sure it will!) And most of all I’m so so grateful for every drop of this past week at the pentaculum.

I have spent approx 2.5 years working at craft schools (spread out over more than a decade), assisted/teched a couple times, and taken a couple 5 day workshops as a work study student (over ten years ago). This is the first time i have ever been a full participant at a craft school, with no working involved. Thank you for bringing me and the rest of our cohort here, it was such a gift to have this time and space with such an incredible group of artists!

A few highlights included deep connections & understanding over grief, a very icy stream dip, moonshine cherries, butt quarter and stump wins, corn dogs, new ideas, poetry, beauty, joy, too much good food, and so so so many belly laughs with amazing new friends.

12/06/2025

Hello friends!
Check in time & some honest talk. I’m still here (technically speaking)! But, I’m also kind of on a hiatus from my business. Big tumultuous life events over the last few years led me to a place of needing some big change in my life. It’s been a strange time that has led me to a regular full time jobby job. (My first ever permanent full time job not working for myself, a new adventure! 😱)

How did I end up here? I wanted a break from relying on my creativity to support myself. In the wake of the (not so great) changes the pandemic brought to my business, coupled with several grief & illness filled years, i wanted room to rest and reset & to have a break from having to figure out every damn little thing every day. And I’ve been pondering the question of: what do i make when i don’t have to make any particular thing to support myself?

I’ve always filled my life with creative endeavors big & small. And it’s being really nice to have room to follow creative whims with no pressing goal, financial need, or pressure to participate in social media. It also feels strange and a little alienating to not be participating in the art world in the same way i have been for over a decade.

I’m not sure what’s next for me here. I’ll keep sharing bits and pieces of my life & garden. And my shop will remain open as long as i have inventory available. But i have no idea when or what new work might come out going forward, it’s a wait and see situation- anything is possible!

Meanwhile, if you have your eye on something from my website i hope you’ll scoop it up (I’m quick to ship!) & you can still find my jewelry at and so check them out too.
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Cheers!

07/08/2025

Anniversaries are hard, and I’ve been struggling with this one coming up. It’s not just a day, it’s a cascade of events. The day he went missing, the day we figured it out, the day searches commenced, the day i flew out the first time, the days we spent packing, and driving, and unpacking it all into my house. It’s one long anniversary spread out over months. It’s many small anniversaries surrounding one inconclusive event.

I bought a ticket to go back out to Laramie at the end of July. After spending two trips to Laramie focused first on finding Nash, and then on figuring out how to help his mom and sister pack up what was left behind, it’s something that felt important to do for me. To have a chance to spend time with mutual friends and spend time out in the mountains that he loved riding in.

We still don’t have any answers, and maybe we never will. I’m practicing living my life in the present, appreciating the people i love and care for, and trying to find joy and brightness in the day to day. Some days this comes easier than others. After spending so much of our lives together, there is so much of my life that reminds me of him on a regular basis. It’s beautiful and painful to have him always so present. I’m so grateful for all of it.

05/04/2025

Sale & New Items -

04/12/2025

The spring issue of Bicycling Magazine just dropped and there’s an article about Nash in it written by David Howard. Nash loved metalsmithing and biking, and David wove those two loves together beautifully. He did an incredible job approaching Nash’s story with care and sensitivity and I’m really grateful for that. It’s a little hard to find online without a subscription, but you should be able to find it through your library or on Libby.

From the moment we first realized Nash was missing, all the way through the show i organized in January, I’ve been really intensely involved in things that kept me from having space with my grief or even just a break from being immersed in the aftermath of Nash’s disappearance.

There were the search logistics, packing and moving his belongings, and keeping everyone updated. In the background there were conversations for and about this article. And then there was also an almost 5 month negotiation process to secure the return of Nash’s artwork from the gallery in Finland. They were not particularly understanding about the situation and seemed mostly concerned about lost sales. After many emails, on which i consulted several friends/professionals to be sure i was being reasonable, it was made clear that they would not return the work without some form of compensation. In the end we had to pay €2500 to get his work back (luckily this was mostly covered by the gofund). His work arrived the day before i shipped everything to ECU. It was all incredibly stressful.

All of this has meant that it wasn’t until February that i finally had ‘finished’ with all the things that felt important, things i wanted and needed to do to.

Now that nothing is waiting to be done, I’m finally realizing how much of a break i need from all of it and from ig. So I’m still popping on a tiny bit, but I’ve been trying to drastically cut down. I’ve been a bit quieter here lately and that’s why. (I still intend to have a sale/shop update soonish but I’m running extra slow these days, extra tired from a long dark winter, and am currently prioritizing in person living).

01/23/2025

This past weekend was full of so much love and I’m so grateful to everyone who was a part of it, near and far. Thank you ♥️

I created a public google drive folder that contains photographs and videos of the exhibition, the slideshow, a screen recording of the slideshow talk with audio, and a voice memo audio file from the talk we gave which has a slightly better recording quality than the screen recording.

You can find a link to the folder in my bio.

11/30/2024

Holiday shop update and free shipping option!

Hello friends, I’m not making as much jewelry as I thought I would this fall. I’ve been dealing with really intense inflammation in my fingers and toes (no explanation so far but I’m pretty sure it’s stress induced - which is not that big of a surprise I suppose) I’m working with my doct...

09/13/2024

Life update and a little shop drop -