Wendy Diggles – Australia

Many Hats I Wear

Description

I’ve taken the meaning of opposing forces and balance to describe the feeling of balancing our roles in life or literally the expression of wearing many hats. A play on words for a milliner, of course, which rings true for me. Woman, mother, wife, artist, boss, craftsman, and at times a princess! To me this is the equilibrium of life. Demonstrated here by a teetering tower of finely balanced hats of different scales and types.

Materials

• Felt
• Straw
• Sinamay
• Velvet
• Brass
• Hatters plush
• Lace
• Wire
• Buckram

Techniques

• Blocking
• Braiding
• Wired crown
• Pattern made buckram
• Hand stitched detail
• Wrapped wires
• Covered buckram