Concha Multi Natural Puka Cowrie Bracelet

ABOUT THE BRAND

Born from wandering. Tohum - meaning seed in Turkish - was created by Verda Alaton from a lifelong study of the world's most ancient and uninhibited forms of adornment. A student of anthropology, Alaton spent years travelling through Asia and Africa, working alongside African art experts in New York, and collecting tribal artifacts and accessories that would eventually seed her design philosophy.

In 2009, after her first trip to West Africa, she launched Tohum with a clear belief: that natural forms and powerful expression are not opposites, but inseparable. The result is jewellery that feels at once ancient and entirely modern - objects that carry the visual language of native adornment reinterpreted through a Turkish designer's eye.

Alaton's Cycles Ring won the 2015 Red Dot Design Concept Award and the Premier A'Design Award. She was named Jewelry Designer of the Year at the 2015 ELLE Style Awards in Turkey.