MYANMAR
TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN
YANGON
Turquoise Mountain was established in 2006 by HRH The Prince of Wales to revive historic areas, traditional crafts and communities, in order to provide jobs, education and a renewed sense of pride.
Since 2006, they have restored 150 historic buildings in Yangon and Kabul, trained over 6,000 artisans, treated over 136,000 patients at their clinic, and curated major international exhibitions at museums around the world, from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.
Turquoise Mountain have also worked with five-star hotels and prestigious retailers, including the Four Seasons and Rosewood hotels, Pippa Small, Kate Spade, Bloomingdales, Holt Renfrew, Asprey, Fortnum & Mason, and The Conran Shop.
They now support craftswomen and men in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the Middle East.
Turquoise Mountain is working with talented goldsmiths in Yangon to create heritage-inspired and custom pieces using these semi-precious stones for today’s international designers and buyers. Their meticulous goldsmiths are all natives of Ramree Island in Southern Rakhine, which has a goldsmithing tradition going back to the sixth century. Using gold, gemstones, and pearls from the Bay of Bengal, they create small and timeless works of art.
TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN COLLECTION
DESIGNED BY SUSI, CREATED BY THE GOLDSMITHS IN YANGON
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Master goldsmith Ko Tin Win
Ko Tin Win has been a goldsmith for 20 years, and takes great pride in his craft. He brings a deep philosophy and creativity to his work, describing his process as “close to meditating”. Since 2016, he has worked as a master goldsmith at the Turquoise Mountain workshop and has helped create iconic pieces in collaboration with international designers. “To me this job is very important, it gives me a stable income,” he says. “With this income I support my family, wife, child and my sister’s education. It is good to have an organisation like Turquoise Mountain, which prevents the culture and traditional handicrafts from changing towards mass production with heavy machinery. I always prefer the traditional way of making jewellery, it makes me feel that jewellery making is a kind of art... I would like to share my knowledge with all those who are interested in traditional crafts and their preservation. I want to open a school for crafts for the sake of future generations and to promote artisanal skills.”
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Emmett Marsh
DESIGN DIRECTOR
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Eleanor Parks
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
