in 2022, wette mille was founded by me, Mette Søs Wille.
i grew up on Fanø, where the wind is just always winding, the waves are always waving, and it feels as if just about everything and nothing is possible at the exact same time. my dad, spent years collecting amber by the waving waves in the winding wind.
when i began making jewelry, he looked at me with a proud smile and gave me a jar filled with amber. i didn’t really care much for amber, thought of it as a bit old and grim, and rejected the gift. he looked at me as only a dad can, and asked, “can’t you make something of it, and change your perspective?” and so i took the jar, wanting to prove to my dad that i could.
that’s how wette mille came to life, with a gift and a little parental challenge. since then wette mille has become a form of communication for me, the trust between my hands and the tools creating a glimpse of what’s on my mind.
wette mille is a part of me, mette, and will grow and change with me, not radically, but slowly, just like each day takes the next and suddenly... a year has passed.
since 2022, our studio has moved a few times, but has now found its home in the heart of nørrebro. the space has been formed by generous hands, owned by people we love.
homeless materials, furniture, and objects that we found along the way, have become home to everything wette mille is, and what we dream it one day will become.
displaying our jewelry on our till.
we love the smell of fresh flowers in the studio.
we use old matchboxes and cigarcases as packaging.
lost wax casting.
the creation of our jewelry always starts with a drawing.
our till used to sit in an old "smørrebrøds" restaurant.
where all the magic happens.
this flower wall resembles a gate into the wette verse. made from scraps and 250kg of plaster.