Simpson's Jet of Whitby,Handmade & crafted Whitby jet jewellery,Est. 1989
He uses a variety of good quality silver jewellery & findings, and also his own handsmithed silver design's, all this goes to make up a range of Jet Jewellery that he has brought together over the past 15 years...
He has a small well equipped local workshop from where he and his partner make a range of unique Whitby jet jewellery, from intricately hand carved animal pendants to small delicate handset silver studs, he can also make and repair jewellery to the customers own design if desired.
He takes great pride in being one of only a handful of people left working locally gathered Whitby jet in the area, while also upholding an old family tradition, his Great Grandfather Henry Simpson was also a Jet jewellery maker and is recorded in a census of Whitby jet workers in 1899.
It must be in the blood !
Derek Simpson started to make jewellery about twenty years ago, and though it seems second nature now it took
a good many years and alot of patience to learn his craft & become competent at working with jet, rediscovering old techniques and making one or two new ones.
