About Tomoko

Tomoko Igarashi grew up in Japan as a daughter of a textile designer mother and a graphic designer father. At 3 years old she created her first piece of jewelry - favorite purple crayon tied to a yarn that she proudly wore to the kindergarten. At age 11 during her internship with her mother she experiences her design becoming a product for the first time - a simple geometric floral print for tablecloth - and decides to become a designer. In college she first studied graphic design in Switzerland before changing course to fashion design and landing in New York City.

She launched her jewelry brand in 2001, building a following for her flat nature-inspired designs. Many totally different collections such as skulls, toys, dinosaurs and more utilizing wide variety or material followed. Inspiration was endless powered by the flow of fashion. Then life shifted. She stepped away to raise her son, choosing presence over production for over a decade.

Now her son has grown up. And Tomoko is back.

This new chapter carries everything she learned — about patience, about craft, about what it means to make something beautiful that lasts. The Catskill Collection draws from long weekends in the mountains, where the curves of stones and the geometry of leaves remind her why she designs jewelry in the first place.

Her pieces are produced in partnership with skilled artisans and factories, mostly small minority owned businesses using sustainable materials chosen with care for people and planet. Every order ships in plastic-free packaging because small efforts can build up to a better future for all of us.