Who are we?
Tshatshke is a jeweler-owned full service jewelry store, workshop and gallery that brings expert jewelry services and handmade, small batch jewelry in a friendly and approachable environment to Port Richmond and the larger Philadelphia area.
Our storefront carries work from various independent jewelers who align with our core values as well as work from our owner, Maddy Hirsch, who makes it all in house.
Our core values are holistic sustainability as it relates to ecology, social issues, the economy, craftsmanship, transparency and community.
Maddy Hirsch
Maddy Hirsch’s Jewelry is focused on the intersection between art and ecology, where human forms meet the natural world, the web of relationships that connect us to our environment and how we participate in that space. Her work is holistic, steeped in sustainable practices, community based and is imbued by the spirit of a DIY ethos. Maddy’s experience as a fine custom jeweler is informed by her years of work on jewelers row in Philadelphia, working alongside designers and lifelong industry professionals. All designs, fabrication, wax carving and stone setting is done by Maddy at her storefront and workshop Tshatshke, located in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia at 3176 Richmond Street.
Mission
Tshatshke’s mission is to bring well crafted and expert jewelry services to Port Richmond in an approachable and friendly environment.
Vision
An enriched community of jewelry makers and lovers will be accomplished by creating a platform for small jewelry artists who align with one or more of our core values and by providing expert jewelry services and excellent customer service to our patrons.
What's in a name?
Tshatshke is the English spelling of the Yiddish origin of the word tchotchke. We chose tshatshke to honor our Jewish heritage and a long-standing tradition of Jewish people in the jewelry industry.
