A maze is built to trap you; a labyrinth has one path in and the same path out. There are no wrong turns. Cathedrals set them into their floors so that walking became a way of praying with the feet.
Psychologists find that tracing a single unbranching line quiets the part of the mind that keeps checking for danger. This pattern is a Studio original - developed with studio tools, finished by hand, signed by our curator. We do not pretend it comes from a culture it does not; it comes from the long human habit of walking in circles to find calm.