I was inspired by the woodcut “The Great Wave” by Hokusai to create this headpiece, a work that represents the power of nature looming over fragile humanity; the strength of the wave and the allure of the sea, that I love so much and that, unfortunately, in these time is hard to imagine pure, without the plastic that humans use extensively and then pour into the waters of our planet. This is why, to represent the sea foam, I used the real plastic bottles that inhabit our seas, shattered into a thousand pieces fused by heat, the same heat that overheats our planet. The shape of the wave is also the base profiles of the headpiece. I started with white fur felt, imagining the transparency of water, but then decided to cover it with a light leather printed in both glossy and matte, evoking the sandy bottom of a dreamlike sea. The single pieces of plastic recall water droplets, while when assembled in various shades, they form the foam of the wavem crashing on the shore, just like the tubular crin water-green; this is a vintage material for hat making in line with the reuse ethics that drives my work.

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