Helen Wilkinson – Australia

Helen Wilkinson

Description

The equilibrium is in the balance of the stars. 5 small floating stars all together are the same size and weight as the one large star. One small star is equal to one point of the large star.

Materials

• Crinoline
• Sinamay
• Paper woven base for brim
• Design master spray
• Hat wire
• Invisible thread, yellow thread, orange thread

Techniques

• Blocked sinamay crown
• Blocked Paper woven brim
• Hand stitched crown & brim together and added handmade sinamay band
• Solder cut 25 small crinoline squares, shaped and stitched with invisible thread to make stars, added hat wire
• Solder cut 5 large crinoline squares, shaped and stitched with invisible thread to make star, added hat wire
• Sprayed stars with Design master to create vibrant colour
• Stitched stars to hat