Catharina Carlsson – Sweden

Timeshatter

Description

I took my inspiration from the hourglass and ”The infinity symbol” that are similar and kind of related. I deconstructed the shape and let it dissolve upward. Like an explosion of time, no more time, the feathers is like the scattered sand in the hourglass. The materials I have used in the visible parts of the hat are all ancient. I am here flirting with old ceremonial headpieces made by our ancestors. The techniques and materials in this hat could very well have been used several hundred years ago – as well as now, that makes a truly timeless hat. Also want to salute my partner who was a good sport and modelled the hat (he is also the artist of the painting in the background). I have always said that if we get boys that look like me and girls that look like him we would have some good looking children. We were not so lucky to have girls but we have two good looking boys… I guess he has to have som credit for that too.

Materials

• Rattan
• Duck feathers
• Linen thread
• Buckram
• Silk
• Ribbon
• Millinery wire
• Glue
• Acrylic paint

Techniques

• Wet and shaped the rattan.
• Sew with linen thread to keep the rattan flat in the back.
• Made a base out of buckram that I lined with silk.
• Attached the base to the rattan shape.
• Wet the rattan ends and split them.
• Glued pieces of duck feathers in the split.
• Painted the ends of the rattan in an ombre way.
• Covered the join in the front with another piece of rattan that I sew in place with linen thread.