I wanted the abundance to be visible in the garment itself — not as decoration but as accumulation, each bead a tide she processed, a gift she couldn't decline. The Koryak coastal relationship with the sea's offerings meets Piedmontese glass-working tradition, but twisted: here the craft exists not to create value but to manage an excess the sea won't stop providing. Her expression matters most — not burdened, not grateful, but genuinely amused by her own predicament. The work continues. She continues. There's grace in that. — Sable