About The Maker

Jana Berná

Jana was born and raised in Alaska and handcrafts her pieces in a small home studio nestled amongst wise Birch and cheerful Fireweed near the flow of the glacial Matanuska River.

“Spare words, nature’s way.”

from Tao Te Ching 23

“Sol er Skipa skioldur

Skijnande rødull

Huerffande huel”

Runólfur Jónsson, Lingvæ Septentrionalis elementa, 1651

Sun is ships’ shield

Shining halo

Turning wheel

(Trans.) Lars Magnar Enoksen, The History of Runic Lore, 2011.