Rain or shine.

Imagine that you are looking through a looking-glass in the rain and see a water drop with a beautiful sunflower in it, that also glows in the dark.

I began by making a form out of a sculpture block that looked like a big raindrop and painted it with glue.

After the form was dry i layed on a layer of organza and painted it with stiffener to get the watery “see through” texture.

To get it to hold its form I sewed on a milliner wire around the edges and covered it with satin ribbon.

I painted the silk fabric and made the petals and leaves for the sunflower and stem with flower tools, and then I sewed on beads in the center of the sunflower.

I twisted one stem and covered it in flower tape and made another stem that I painted green to cling to the stem and formed little leaves.

The base of the fascinator is made out of paris net that is blocked on a dextrin form, and draped with organza to get the light glistening airy feeling.

For stability on the head I have used a millinery wire and attached 3 different ways to secure the headpiece such as haircombe, hairpin in a hut and elastic see thru band.

The glass water drop is held in place with a knot on each side of the ridgeline and twirls around the stem to symbolise raindrops.

Last but not least I painted the yellow sunflower and leaves with: glowing in the dark paint, to make it magical.

The connection to water in my fascinator is the different kind of waterdrops waterline and wet look.

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