Victoria Carson – United Kingdom

Time

Description

I took the theme Timeless quite literally having previously studied watches and their mechanics. I was particularly attracted to cogs and their movements.

I decided given the versatile nature of felt to create a structural headpiece with multiple cogs. I hoped to achieve a variety of metallic surfaces; a texturised silver, an antique and a shiny gold effect. The varied thicknesses add depth and the appearance of movement.

Materials

• Ivory flat felt
• Ivory leather
• Red dupion silk
• Buckram
• Domet
• Wire
• UHU
• Black thread
• Gold thread
• Ivory thread
• Bondaweb
• Metallic foils – black, silver, gold
• Black acrylic paint
• Metallic gold pen
• Metal cogs

Techniques

• Design cog shapes
• Laser cut cog designs
• Felt stiffen cogs
• Cut bondaweb and iron on to single side of 10 large and small cogs, double sides of 4 large and small cogs
• Cut foils to size and iron on
• Brush some pieces with wire brush
• Sew required cogs together to give different thicknesses and effects
• Wash some pieces with black acrylic to give antique effect
• Cut wire, stiffen, create headband
• Block buckram
• Cover with domet
• Block leather
• Glue leather to base
• Attach wires from headband to base
• Attach head ribbon
• Stitch front cog into place
• Stitch remaining cogs
• Where unstable secure with more stitches and galvanised wire
• Draw pattern onto excess small cogs
• Sand back of small metal cigs and UHU into place
• Mark shiny figs with awl to create texture
• Line with red dupion silk
• Paint headband with black acrylic and leave to dry