HATalk Competition Entry 2022

Julia Bartman

Maker
Julia Bartman

Country
The Netherlands

Name of Hat
Follow the Butterflies

Description

Butterflies show us how to rebuild ourselves, that’s what i do when i think of my Happy Place. A place to rebuild myself after a stressful week of school. The hat can mean something else to someone else. It can mean playfulness, meaning a childhood memory. I wanted this hat to have a free meaning. I also wanted this hat to get a fantasy feeling, almost like “The Mad Hatter”.

Materials:

Felt
Plastic Bottles
Beads
Grosgrainribbon
Thread
Paint
Iron wire

Techniques:

Felt over a mold
Plastic bottles to make the butterflies and paint them and some beads to sew them down.
A ribbon on the inside of the hat
Iron wire to make a ring for the bottom of the hat

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