This piece is about the choices we make and the different forces that shape how we play our hand.
The idea comes from the four suits of playing cards, traced back to what each can represent.
Flowing cloves for growth that keeps moving.
A red human heart for love in its truest form.
A ruby studded diamond for wealth earned, not given.
A red spade tool for work and the ground we build on.
Each motif is reinterpreted in rubies within Upena’s window-like frames, with the interchangeable design allowing the wearer to choose the symbol they want to carry and how they want to wear it.
