about
In the heart of Copenhagen, wette mille was founded by me, Mette Søs Wille, in 2022. It all started at "Guldsmed Højskolen" in 2020, where I spent most of my lunch breaks experimenting with tools I had no idea how to use — and hadn’t yet been introduced to either. Tools were damaged in the process, and very few creations turned out the way I had imagined.
Over time, a kind of trust has formed between my hands and the tools. At times it feels as if they have their own language, and they don’t need me anymore, which could — or maybe even does — sound a bit too magical, but that’s not how it’s meant, it’s just a nice feeling.
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, who has lived on Fanø since he was seventeen, spent years collecting amber by the waving waves in the winding wind — we who live at Fanø call amber the gold of the sea.
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 it began, with a gift and a little parented challenge. Each piece of amber is unique, shaped by nature, thus, the purpose of wette mille became to create unique jewelry, inspired by nature — with the feeling of always having a little wind in your hair. Thank you, Dad.
Since 2022, the wette mille studio — or as I like to call it, the wetteverse — 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 I love. Homeless materials, furniture, and objects in-between that we found along the way have become the home to everything wette mille is, and what I dream it one day will become. What we dream it will become — I am no longer alone in the wetteverse, Kasper and Lukas are here too.
We hope you’ll follow along and see which of our dreams come true.
