Terry Weston – United Kingdom

Description

The contrast between the asymmetric crown and the attached distorted spiral provide some sort of balance.

The white and black trims on the interlaced spiral emphasise the twists of the distorted spiral.

Materials

Crown

• Black peach bloom felt
• Millinery wire
• Black petersham

Spiral

• Buckram
• Millinery wire
• Tarlatan
• Domette
• Silk and viscose panne velvet
• White petersham
• Black cord
• White cord

Techniques

Crown

• Stiffening felt
• Blocking crown
• Wiring crown
• Sewing in petersham headband

Spiral

• Cutting buckram spiral from circle
• Wiring spiral
• Covering with tarlatan
• Covering with domette
• Covering with panne velvet
• Covering all edges of spiral with white petersham
• Sewing on black and white cords

• Attaching spiral to crown