My happy place is the amazing beach “Espet” near my hometown – I go there every week and find the ever-changing water and crashing waves both meditative and energizing. It’s an oasis – especially in the creative process of creating my hats – no matter what time of the year.

I wanted to create a large boater like hat to visualize the sea and how the waves crash into the sand dunes on the beach. I wanted the brim to be large and flat, like the sea horizon, so I made a bias brim in the blue-green color the sea water has on sunny days. I used Sinamay to give it a transparent, water-like look. The crown was dyed into the same color as the sand and shaped to resemble a sand dune.

To create a sculptural shape of rolling waves I used hand dyed and hand pleated organdie as a trimming both over and under the brim. The hat is also adorned with glittering squares of gold veiling to resemble sun light on the water surface.

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