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Charlotte

United Kingdom

• HATalk Issue 180: Copper Signatures by Deidre Hardin
• HATalk Issue 178: Hat of the Month by Sau Fen Chee

In Issue 180 I loved the flatness of the copper and how close it was to the body in a sculptural way. I wanted to incorporate this in some way with out using jewellery techniques or wire, as I have non as this isn't my field. I found that Glue gun in a water bath gives a similar affect and I tried a mix or painting and spray painting to get a metallic feel. The glue is also light weight and flexible so lends itself nicely to being wrapped around things like a head or neck. One final touch I used was to have a detachable piece to really give a jewellery feel, I did this with old jump rings I had lying around.

I also loved the reusing of the coffee pods in Issue 178. I love to recycle and have many a milk bottle, a great colour that would sit nicely against the gold. Never used the technique of steaming and shaping of plastic but gave it a go.

Glue gun – for the main detail to replicate jewellery wire
Gold spray paint – for a metal feel
Sinamay – for the base
Milk bottle – for the flower
Wire – for the sinamay base
Old piece of jewellery – for the centre of the flower
Headband
Jump rings

Glue gun released in water
Glue gun glue manipulation to create shape
Cutting out milk bottle petals
Steaming of milk bottle petals
Hand sewing of milk bottle petals together to make a flower
Hand sewing flower to base
Spray painting
3 layer disc of sinamay
Steaming sinamay to shape for a base
Wire edging of sinamay base
Bias edging of sinamay base
Jump rings to create detachable parts
Attachment of headband