Two friends who couldn’t stop picking up stones
We didn’t set out to start a jewelry line. We just kept finding stones we couldn’t leave at the shop — a larimar the color of shallow water, a sapphire with too much character to ignore — and making something with them. Enough people asked where the pieces came from that the hobby became a habit, and then a small business run out of New York, one hand-set piece at a time.
“D&T Jewels started as a hobby, turned into a project and, after a couple of years of bootstrapping, has become a business — and we couldn’t be happier. We love to share our designs and encourage custom requests. Who doesn’t like a challenge?”
How a piece finds its way into the drawer
No production line — just the same three steps, done at the same bench, every time.
Find the stone
Every piece starts with a stone, not a sketch. We go looking for natural gemstones — larimar, tanzanite, turquoise, zircon — and keep the ones with real character: uneven color, visible inclusions. We don’t buy anything just to fill out a size chart.
Hand-set it
Then we set it, wrap it or string it at the bench, by hand, one piece at a time. A clasp gets soldered, a chain gets shaped, a stone gets seated until it sits right. It’s why two pieces sharing a name never look quite identical.
Name and number it
Last it gets a number and a name, so you always know exactly what you’re wearing and where it came from. No. 003, Tanzanite Focal Necklace on Gold Filled Chain, gemstone and price attached.
Got a stone in mind? Tell us.
A different gemstone, a longer chain, a bracelet turned into a necklace, a piece sized for someone specific — we build toward it the same way we build everything else: by hand, at the same bench, one stone at a time.