MADE BY HAND
Jet is a 180 million years old fossilised wood and in the UK only comes from the coastal area around Whitby in the NE of England - it’s the town where Dracula landed!! Known for mourning jewellery, Whitby jet was made famous by Queen Victoria but it is now rare - our supplier abseils/rappels down the cliffs to access the ancient caves and Victorian crawl holes to find the raw material. We use lapidary (gem and stone cutting/shaping) techniques and as you can see - jet is pretty filthy to work with!!! All our products are made by hand in our Central London studio and our atelier in Whitby and any textures - fissures and crevices - are carved by Jacqueline.
