Our Partners
We are proud to partner with some of the finest craftsmen and women in the world. From weaving to silversmith to embroidery to leatherworking, our partners bring passion for their craft and we are honored to share their work with our community.
Doña Alicia
A master weaver of the Sacred Valley of Peru, Dona Alicia inherited the techniques from her grandmother, she now carries a tradition dating back millenia. She single handedly shears the alpaca fur, spins the yarn, makes the dyes from natural plants, insects and minerals, and weaves the designs. The weavings tell ancient stories of the Quechua people, recorded only in these patterns. Because of the economic stimulus of using her weavings on our hats, she is now teaching her family members to weave, promising the continuation of an ancient tradition. Her scarves, ponchos, Alter cloths, and other textiles are also available through Hampui, with all profits returning to her family and her work.
Alaynee Goodwill
Alaynee is a registered social worker, child and family advocate, business owner, arts instructor, powwow dancer, and mother. Within her pieces, she shares who she is and the stories of her people, while honoring her family and celebrating life. Keeping true to tradition, each piece is constructed using the most authentic materials and culturally accurate methods. Her creations pay tribute to the history of a plains tribe while carrying forth the cultural continuum of a beautiful and proud people. Explore her work here.
“Working with traditional smoked hide is always therapeutic. The scent of the wood and smoke helps me to focus and get into a rhythm of creativity.”
José Arroyo
Jose Arroyo, aka Pep, Pepé, Pepino, lives and works in a small town 15 minutes east of East LA; father of 2; a/c man by trade; hat lover; amateur printmaker; and scribbler. His artwork has appeared online, on the covers of books, in the liners of hats, on city walls. Born in Ventura, CA, his parents move around. He lived in Mexico and studied there for 2 years. The bicultural environment he grew up in informs his work. His works are featured on in our studio, packaging, and in the liners of ourhats. Prints from Jose are also available here.
JJ burton
Established in 1975, Jack Burton uses the same tools and methods native to the 19th century silversmiths of the American Southwest. He was introduced to silversmithing on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, and still holds ties to his artistic lineage there. For Hampui Hats, he works primarily with coin silver, hammering old dimes hundreds of times on an anvil before hand tooling ancient designs on their faces.
Born to Roam Natural Dyehouse
Seated on a half acre family ranch in Knights Valley, Northern California, Rayna of Born to Roam Vintage fills her fields with seasonal flowers that she uses to make her exquisite flower dyes. The garden consists of marigolds, coreopsis, orange cosmos, red amaranth, rudbeckia, calendula, and cornflowers. You can find Rayna’s work throughout the Hampui collection, enriching our hats with colors of our backyard. Follow along with dye garden & dye house projects at BTR Natural Dyehouse and come visit her at Sunday Market, next door to the Hampui Store in San Francisco.
Xelkom
Hailing from Senegal, Baba Diop brings his strong spirit to each piece he meticulously stitches. Using thick thread and antique fabrics, he blesses our Hats with vision guided by his intuition. Part of the Hampui family since day one, we give thanks to Baba for sharing his art with us. Before Hampui Hats had a name and a home, Baba and I would chill in my backyard, or his living room, stitching, dreaming, sharing the inspiration of our hearts. It has been an honor to grow this hat vision with him and his family. Bless this man in his beautiful walk. Baba don't make hats, he muck hats.
Arwyn Moonrise
Channeling the essence of her subjects, Arwyn Moonrise stitches magic through freehand embroidery designs with dimension and spirit. She learned to embroider during her childhood watching her mother mend and decorate the families clothing on their organic blueberry farm in rural Maine, and reconnected with stitching later in life. Fueled by her passion for creating, recognizing the power of bespoke sacred garments, and wanting to help reduce fashion waste by giving vintage clothing new life, she started her custom embroidery business Township 31 (named after the township she grew up in). Arwyn creates one of a kind custom embroidery on Hampui Hats that tell a story reflecting meaning and sacred connection.
