HATalk Competition Entry 2024

Catherine Storm

Maker
Catherine Storm

Country
Australia

Name of Hat
Sea Anemone

Description

While walking along our local pier, I could see fish and seaweed ebbing and flowing in the water below. Unfortunately there were also plastic bottles floating in the water.

This inspired me to challenge myself to create a headpiece from plastic bottles washed up on the beach. I wanted to create something that looked like it belonged in the water from something that shouldn’t be in the water.

My headpiece uses plastic from three bottles found on the beach. The design uses cutting and melting to create texture and movement that emulate the tentacles of a sea anemone.

Techniques:

  • Drawing a design
  • Creating a template
  • Cutting
  • Melting edges
  • Creating a balanced placement of the elements on a foundation

Materials:

Plastic bottles washed up on the beach
Hat elastic

Materials:

Plastic bottles washed up on the beach
Hat elastic

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

HATalk Competition Entry 2024

Catherine Storm

Maker
Catherine Storm

Country
Australia

Name of Hat
Sea Anemone

Description

While walking along our local pier, I could see fish and seaweed ebbing and flowing in the water below. Unfortunately there were also plastic bottles floating in the water.

This inspired me to challenge myself to create a headpiece from plastic bottles washed up on the beach. I wanted to create something that looked like it belonged in the water from something that shouldn’t be in the water.

My headpiece uses plastic from three bottles found on the beach. The design uses cutting and melting to create texture and movement that emulate the tentacles of a sea anemone.

Techniques:

  • Drawing a design
  • Creating a template
  • Cutting
  • Melting edges
  • Creating a balanced placement of the elements on a foundation

Materials:

Plastic bottles washed up on the beach
Hat elastic

Materials:

Plastic bottles washed up on the beach
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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