HATalk Competition Entry 2022
Deborah Marrison-Wood
Maker
Deborah Marrison-Wood
Country
United Kingdom
Name of Hat
Eldur og ís ( Fire and Ice)
Description
A surprise trip to Iceland for my husband’s 40th birthday left an everlasting impression on both of us. Neither of us expected the impact Iceland would have, it is truly the land of fire and Ice. We fell in love with its beauty and the country really has become our happy place.
I wanted my design to capture our special memories of this special country, incorporating the glistening ice by using layers of white and ice blue sinamay encrusted with crystals so it glitters in the light. The sculptural tectonic plates and the deep volcanic lava fields as demonstrated using layered black and red sinamay, with accents of orange, red and black crystals to capture the streams of molten rock. The swirling of green of Aurora Borealis on my husband’s birthday and the lushness of the green landscape.
Materials:
- Hat blocks – Button block, Disc block
- Clingfilm
- Sinamay – White, ice blue, Black, Red, Green
- Buckram – White
- Blocking pins
- Threads, clear, green, black
- Wire
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Petersham Green
- Needle
- Clear plastic wire
- Sequins, Crystal clear, Blue, red, black, orange
- Hat elastic
Techniques:
- Prep blocks & sinamay
- Layer/pin sinamay onto blocks until dry
- Remove from disc block cut excess
- Cut section out of disc
- Sew wire to edge of disc and the cut section
- Cut bias strips of black sinamay
- Stitch bias to disc edge and cut section
- Block disc again and remove from block
- Cut sections from second disc
- Stitch wire and black edge to cut out sections
- Remove sinamay from button block cut excess
- Stitch clear millinery wire & Petersham to inside of base
- Stitch sections to disc base
- Sew crystal beads to base and sections
- Stitch disc to button base add elastic
Note: Entries have been not been edited or proofread to protect the integrity of the maker's original meaning.
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