Lada Tomeckova – Czech Republic

Equilibrium

Description

Equilibrium is something I’m looking for all the time I do fashion. It is a value of dreaming masterpieces in art generally. It is also a life goal. This theme inspired me to focus on purity and idea from east philosophy, that things sometimes can mean the opposite. I drew spontaneously triple hat which looks like it is moving, but has to be stable on head.

Me with my colleague shaped three simple classic man forms. Then we turn these man hats upside down and put them into one another to one triple woman hat. It is a symbol of the union of opposing forces of women and men. To follow idea of masterpiece we use greatest furfelt hat bodies Tonak and let the quality of the material stand out, touch it very carefully, without any decoration. We focused on soft color shades harmony, balanced proportions and movement. All these attributes remind us that the equilibrium is very fragile.

Materials

• 3 furfelt hat bodies
• Two elastic ribbons in different shades
• Adhesive non-woven liner
• Sewing threads

Techniques

• shaping on hat blocks
• turn over and putting one into the other
• sewing on machine together
• bonding by adhesive non-woven liner
• sewing elastic ribbon by hand