HATalk Competition Entry 2022

Megan K. Hughes

Maker
Megan K. Hughes

Country
Canada

Name of Hat
Wish

Description

A breeze might carry me to my happy place, where hope, like a dandelion seed, is ready and alive. To catch a moment, a floating second in a day, a peaceful reverie, a potential notion, is the happiest place I know. This happy place, the living, drifting place of dreams, is the smallest pure wish that accompanies a magical calm moment, anywhere, and any day…

Techniques:

  • Created alice band from cotton coated millinery wire, wrapped band in tulle
  • Formed body of dandelion seed from foam clay, overaid on cotton coated millinery wire
  • Overlaid silk abaca on seed body
  • Secured each ostrich feather to millinery wire, then to seed body to create seed frond
  • Applied gold leafing
  • Applied seed frond bead
  • Secured dandelion seed to alice band
  • Applied hat elastic to headpiece

Materials:

  • Cotton coated millinery wire
  • Tulle
  • Silk abaca
  • Gold leaf
  • Foam clay
  • Semi-skeletonized ostrich feathers
  • Gold bead
  • Hat elastic

Materials:

  • Cotton coated millinery wire
  • Tulle
  • Silk abaca
  • Gold leaf
  • Foam clay
  • Semi-skeletonized ostrich feathers
  • Gold bead
  • Hat elastic

Note: Entries have been not been edited or proofread to protect the integrity of the maker's original meaning. 

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