2018 HATalk Competition Entry

Carmen Garcia

Patricia-Adler

Carmen Garcia – Ireland

“Ethereal”

Category: Traditional

Description

By having the freely hand felt flowers on a traditionally blocked sinamay base, I have married the world of the rustic, the rural, the ancient with the world of the formal and sofisticated.

The result is Ethereal.

Materials

  • The base was hand blocked with ethically sourced silver grey sinamay straw.
  • Trimmed with handmade Icelandic wool felt flowers .
  • Wired for support and long-lasting and hand finished with a petersham ribbon band inside and lining.
  • It attaches to head with invisible elastic.

Techniques

  • The based was hand blocked, hand wired and the petersham ribbon and the elastic were hand stitched. Therefore traditional millinery techniques and tools were used.
  • The flowers used for the trimming were hand felt.
  • The techniques used are ancient felt making techniques and the tools: water, soap and hands
  • The flowers were then attached to base with sticks

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