
Maritoka Palmer
Born in Asheville and raised in Edenton, Maritoka
has been making jewelry and selling it since she was
thirteen years old. She left eastern North Carolina to
study jewelry in New England at the renowned
Rhode Island School of Design. There she was
exposed to the contemporary European jewelry
ideas, as well as acquiring the metal fabrication skills
needed to accomplish her ideas. After receiving a
BFA in Jewelry and Light Metals and armed with a
vision she returned to NC and settled on the Outer
Banks to make jewelry that people like to wear.