Kaleidos

Gianluca Esposito

Italy

• HATalk Issue 176: Hat of the Month by SHANDANA

Kaleidos is born from the idea of bringing to exasperation the concept of protagonism and narcism that has been very widely in the last years, especially among young people, thanks to the excessive use of social media. The headpiece becomes a whole with the wearer, multiplying its image under all its angles to endless, highlighting all the peculiarities, both positive and negative. Beautiful sides and ugly sides.

The article dedicated to Dr Shandana de la Rivière Gruber was inspiration and stimulation for the research of new materials with which to give life to a headdress that can express concepts and ideas that go beyond the usual but near the world of art combined with craftsmanship.

• The supporting structure is made up of a nickel-plated metallic ring with a diameter of 5 cm.
• The pvc sheets are first coupled between them (to have the mirror effect on both sides) by using natural resin, then they are shaped and cut by hand), drill in the upper part and insert in the main ring.
• Between the last two sheets (right and left) are inserted two smaller metallic rings (diameter 2cm) in which the metallic headband is inserted, it is left free and not fixed to give more wearability.
• Weight of headpiece about 300 gr. (so very light)

• Gold and silver metallic pvc sheets , with mirror finish.
• Ring in nickel plated metal diameter 5 cm
• Nickel plated metallic rings diameter 2 cm
• Nickel plated metallic headband