Dea Dia Jewelry

Handmade Designer Jewels ethically and lovingly made in Los Angeles by artist Jessica Lawson. Jewelry designed and handmade in Los Angeles.

02/26/2026

Dirty hands & polished gold ✨ Some studio scenes from the last week including a small gold cast I did and a couple of custom rings in the works.

Swipe to the end to see what $5100 of 24k gold looks like. I’ve decided I like buying fine gold grain so I can add alloy and make whatever carat I need: 10k, 14k or 18k.

02/15/2026

A unique way to share your love: a sand casting session! I am digging teaching sand casting workshops in my studio. It is so fun to see people get totally delighted by the process and witness the magic of making something out of nothing. In three hours you learn the basics of sand casting from setting up the mold, melting and pouring metal and then finishing the ring or pendant you cast. No prior jewelry experience is required.

These workshops are great solo to scratch your creative itch but also a super sweet way to make memories with your partner, a family member or best friend. We also offer couple’s wax carving and sand casting workshops if you’re interested in making your own wedding bands.

These classes are now available to book on my website with workshops taking place Friday-Monday in my high-desert studio near Joshua Tree.

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

02/05/2026

Tucson Gem Show Part 2: What I brought home! I was like a kid in a candy store with zero self control. If I had more money I would have brought home even more 🫣 The videos show the stones in different natural lighting. Reach out if you are interested in having anything made with any of these stones!

Slides -

1 & 2: these are some super fine, eye clean grey/blue Spinels from Ocua, Mozambique. They are perfectly cut and polished, flawless and shift colors depending on the light going from a steely grey to blue or even sometimes green. Under UV light 365nm they glow green. These are all around 1.1-1.2 carats. I am utterly obsessed with these stones, not a purchase I planned on making but I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity for these unique beauties! They would make an awesome alternative engagement ring.

3 & 4: Montana and Nigerian Sapphires. Several parti variety with green and blue zoning. And there is that one golden brown round sapphire I couldn’t pass up!

5: A lovely warm antique diamond, .51 carats transitional cut (Art Deco 1920s-1940s) and a multi-toned blue Montana Sapphire (sold)

6 & 7: Zircons! A parcel of brown cushion cuts and a few brighter zircons in fun colors and cuts.

8 & 9: A chunky, brown beautifully cut Malawi garnet and a couple small ruby hearts ❤️

10. Gorgeous sapphire melee in rounds, pears and ovals. All are Montana Sapphires except for the bottom right small rounds which are Australian sapphires

11. Some inexpensive sapphires. They’re not perfect but they’re great for casting in place or using with silver!

I got a few more things like emerald and ruby melee and re-upped on some rainbow sapphire melee too. Excited to make some new jewelry with these beauties! Get in touch if anything is calling your name.

02/04/2026

Another Tucson Gem Show in the books! I brought my daughter on this trip with me because she is really cool and fun and I knew she would love Tucson. Astrid is such a champ, hanging at six different gem shows with me including some booths where I spent 1.5 hours or more sorting through stones. The vendors loved her. We saw so many beautiful gems; sapphires, tourmalines and garnets are her favorites. We may have a budding gemologist on our hands, she is planning to do some of the GIA online education for kids. 💎 We did get kicked out of GJX because she wasn’t 14+, their loss! We also made time for enjoying nature and eating great food. There is never enough time or money for Tucson but it’s always an inspiring, exhausting, and fun time. I can’t wait to share what I brought home with me!

01/29/2026

I am headed to Tucson this weekend for gem show sourcing! I love shopping for inspiring gems in person. I still have regret I didn’t get one of those Citrine hearts in the first slide two years ago 🤦🏻‍♀️
My color palette will be greens, pinks and blues (maybe a little yellow too!) like in the second slide. Please reach out ASAP if you are interested in having me source a gem for a custom piece. I am booking custom protects for the spring. Follow our stories this weekend for gem show finds when I remember to post.

Tomorrow we will be abstaining from commerce and running ads or posting. 😘

01/27/2026

A small drop of color, fire, and intention To brighten this crappy week. 🌈🌞🧊💧

New Ingot pendants and Eros sapphire rings, sand cast by hand and set using a cast-in-place process. Stones settle where they may, making each one entirely one of a kind and unique. Made to order just for you in 2-3 weeks.

💎 Also, I am going to Tucson this weekend to source gems! If you have been dreaming up a custom piece now is the perfect time to reach out so I can source something for you while I’m there.

01/23/2026

Silver hit a historic high today at $101/ozt and yesterday at $96/ozt. Gold also hit a historic high of $4989 before pulling back a smidge.

For more context on this historic rally, see the video I posted yesterday. I said I was going to raise my prices today but I would prefer to work on waxes today so I will hold off on the price increase until next week so you have the weekend to shop current prices! ❤️

Now is also an excellent time to go through your jewelry box and look for silver and gold that you don’t wear anymore or that you inherited. I can work with you to create new jewelry from your existing metal. I am also going to Tucson next week to source gems 💎 If you are looking for something special and want me to source it for you, get in touch!

01/22/2026

TLDR: with the surging price of silver and gold jewelers all over the world are raising prices, including me.

Tomorrow I will be adjusting the prices of gold and silver to account for the current market price of silver at $96/ozt and gold at $4900/ozt.

Precious metals are forecast to continue to rise over the next year. It’s best to think about your jewelry as an investment and a way to store value and mark milestones and memories. Silver is now a rare earth mineral and there is a global shortage of it due to increasing demands in the world of solar technology and electronics and central banks storing it as hedge against the US dollar. It takes years for mines to scale their mining operations so the price of silver is likely never going back down below $30 per troy ounce!

Any questions? Feel free to ask!

#2026

01/15/2026

First gold casting of the year! The Sun Tarot Ring in 14k 🌞 We all know the price of gold (and silver) is insane right now but when I do get to work with gold, it is such a pleasure. It casts absolutely beautifully and polishes so easily. I’m in love and so proud to be able to create beautiful, heirloom jewelry from start to finish under my own roof with my two hands. ✌️

I’d love to know everyone’s thoughts - are you investing or planning to invest in gold and silver jewelry right now or holding off? Are you preferring brass and fashion jewelry given the high prices of precision metals? I’m genuinely curious to know what everyone is thinking and feeling right now about jewelry and current metal pricing and whether I should consider bringing back more styles in brass or sticking to my original goal of working with precious metals.

01/10/2026

Today I turn 40! To celebrate this momentous birthday I am extending 30% off Silver & 15% off fine jewelry this weekend only! No code needed. ✨

I am full of gratitude for my family, my friends and my customers who help make my life rich and interesting and beautiful! Thank you for supporting me on this journey of creation and love. ❤️

01/09/2026

It kind of feels surreal that I’m turning 40 on Saturday. That means Dea Dia has been a part of my life for 15 years. That also means that my annual Birthday S-A-L-E is starting soon! If you’re new here, it is my biggest one of the year! 🦋 You can sign up for our emails or texts to be notified when it goes live. With the prices of metal surging, it’s the perfect opportunity to add to your collection before I need to reprice my work.

These lovely silver jewels were recently handmade and sent with love to our Sausalito stockist .

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About Dea Dia

Hi, I’m Jessica Lawson, the mind, body & soul behind the brand, wife to Matthew and mother to Astrid.

Since you're here, I'm guessing you are a rebel and an outcast, I mean badass and I feel you. Being on the outside was an important factor in asserting my independence as a designer and entrepreneur. Starting this company was a way to go confidently into my dreams and be an autonomous individual.

When I founded Dea Dia out of my Brooklyn apartment in 2011, I had a small idea that basically exploded and took me to some unexpected and far out places. I quit a boring dead-end job and was soon traveling across the country selling my jewels, partnering with boutiques and even opened my own store in Portland (RIP).

Through all the ups and downs, I pride myself on being a self taught artist with zero formal training in art, design or fabrication. In the course of a year and a half, I went from wannabe journalist to jewelry designer and turned my hobby into my full-time job. Making my own way in the world has been a transformative process and experiencing the small successes I had early on helped me reframe my story and has allowed me the freedom to wake up with passion to do something that I really love.