Маун Аун Мьин

Burma (Myanmar) has long been famous for its lacquerware, with the best to be found in Bagan, an area of some 40 square kilometres and regarded as one of the three most impressive archaeological sites in south-east Asia.

The Founder and General Director of Art-centre Exposed travelled there in 2006 and visited the workshop of Maung Aung Myin, regarded by many as the finest lacquerware craftsman in the country. He learned the art from his grandfather and has build his reputation as not just a producer of 'standard' lacquerware boxes etc, but as a designer (and producer) of beautiful and high quality larger pieces of art / design work, such as those we have at Exposed.

Curators at the British Museum in London considered Maung Aung Myin to be such a master craftsman that they commissioned a piece from him. In addition to his beautiful and imaginative designs, much of his work has at least 12, and up to 24, layers of lacquer instead of the more standard 4 to 8 layers. This gives the work a far higher quality look and feel, and makes it highly durable as well as being a joy to look at. All the work is produced by hand in his own workshop, and can take several weeks for more complex pieces.

Art-centre Exposed can source additional pieces from Maung Aung Myin to meet a specific interior design, or collector, requirement.