First Appeared at WireBliss - Wire Wrapped Bunga Terung Earrings

Wire Wrapped Bunga Terung Pearl Earrings

New design for a pair of pearl earrings.

Simple one-of-a-kind wire-wrapped Bunga Terung. 

Each Bunga Terung is wire-wrapped with a piece of 20 g stainless steel wire.

While the pearl is wrapped with 24 g wire.

The Bunga Terung itself is about 2 cm in length, end to end.

The wire-wrapped Bunga Terung first appeared here - Bunga Terung link.

Wire-wrapped Pearl Earrings with Bunga Terung design.

First Appeared at WireBliss - Wire Wrapped Bunga Terung

Wire Wrapped Bunga Terung - One of a Kind

Bunga Terung in English is Eggplant (Terung) Flower (Bunga).

This flora motif is popular in traditional Iban tattoos.

As tattoo, the Bunga Terung marks the rite of passage of a boy into manhood.

The spiral at the center represents tali nyawa, literally translated into "life rope" - the rope of life.

This spiral is similar to the underside of a tadpole. 

Therefore, the Bunga Terung with the tali nyawa symbolizes the beginning of a new life - you may read more at Wikipedia.

Here's the prototype of my wire-wrapped Bunga Terung, inspired by the Iban's Bunga Terung.

They don't look exactly like the Bunga Terung symbol in tattoo, but that's where the inspiration came from.

These are wire-wrapped with 20g and 21g stainless steel and brass wires. The pair at the bottom left was hammered flat.