2018 HATalk Competition Entry
Carmen Garcia
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