Evaluation
The Gilded Cage Hat
Brief and Aims
To design and make a hat or
bonnet with an exaggerated brim: using extra long feathers. The hat would be
another extreme form of head dress. It would juxtapose the usually soft look of
bridal head wear and give a sharp edged look to the hat. Bird like when worn I
wanted it to create a strange sense of tension
Research for Final Collection
This hat was originally
designed with the aim of making it with extra long white feathers. However
after much searching I could not find any feathers that would suit. Anything
close to the size I imagined was extremely expensive too. It was then that I thought back to an hats
that I had made in the first year of my course; using paper as the main
material.
Design and Make
Initially I designed the hat
to be a bonnet, with a crown and the extended front. After consideration this was changed to a
soft bandeau style head band that could be tied under the chin, much like a
historical bonnet. I made samples of feathers in paper, playing with scale,
length, colour and cutting styles. I found that I could create any size feather
I wanted, small rounded shapes and long thin sharp ones. This made the
possibilities pretty endless. Using the wire up the spine also helped with
manipulation and strength. All feathers were hand sewn and stitched by hand to
the head band
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