In the age of mass production, inspired by the simplicity and the imperfection of antiquity, Mihanikî is a jewelry brand that brings together the art of antiquity with abstract forms.
Mihanikî’s creator Sema Kentel was trained in different jewelry studios in the USA. The Byzantine history classes she took during her university years, coupled with her long-term interest in antiquity have influenced Mihanikî’s timeless, unvarnished, and imperfect pieces. The brand is named after the Ottoman Turkish word with a Greek origin, mihanikî, meaning “spontaneously.”
The ‘imperfect’ journey taken by the word from its original in Greek to Ottoman Turkish is reverberated in Mihanikî’s designs, which reach out to the classical times from the 21st century Istanbul.
