Morgane Richard – France

Stay balanced

Description

I have choose to make the “equilibrium ” inside several intentions.

First, on the form of my hat which is tilted. I have choose to take the theme in the literal sense with this.

Second, I used the figural sense of equilibrium and I have try to just make a sort of dosing between the two colors I used. It is like an oppposition of two colors but with a special harmony in the type of techniques I used and the way to make a balance between the colors. You see a balance between the colors and not a fighting to be the color which is prevailing.

So, it was the fact to make the equilibrium between the literal and the figural sense of the word equilibrium.

Materials

• cotton petersham
• black velvet
• purple taffeta
• black taffeta
• black veiling
• cotton for the hat lining
• straw stiffener
• millinery wire
• brim wire
• natural hessian
• hat block

Techniques

• mold on a hatblock
• tense of fabric (tighten)
• flowers made by hand-stitching with a heart of veilling
• leaf in velvet has been glue reverse to reverse with wire inside
• draped fabric
• handmade hat lining
• hand-stitching
• sewing machine