Wingkaba means maze or labyrinth in Burmese. The labyrinth can be interpreted to mean so many things, but to name my top 3:*It is universal, present in civilisations and cultures across the world.*It exemplifies duality in its complexity and simultaneous simplicity.*It is agelessMy designs are a little tricky to orient, tricky to date and they're quite monolithic yet detailed. I feel that they ec
ho certain principles of the wingkaba (labyrinth or maze) well. Fed by the ultimate inspiration, the wingkaba, and drawing from nature, history, philosophy and geometry, I design the jewellery and then discuss at length with my silversmith Ko Win Naing about the engineering. He buys the material (silver, brass and copper), alloys the metal and makes the pieces entirely by hand at his home in North Dagon. He is very experienced and talented and makes for a valued collaborator.I get my gems from my dear friend Nang Htwe. I travel to Mandalay to get them from her gem shop and huge repository. She comes from a family of gem stone traders in Mogok. The gems are all guaranteed authentic. Email me on [email protected] for questions, comments, orders and any thing else.Warmly, Kwena (founder, designer)
