Friday, 3 June 2022

Leather Wide Brimmed Hat

A soft leather wide-brimmed hat. 


Too tall to be a boater and not quite a top hat in falls between to two.


There is no stiffening or hardening of the leather, this adds to the comfort and softens the shape..


Monday, 30 May 2022

Purple Bonnet

A decorated purple beret or bonnet 

This cap is made of a bright purple velvet-like fabric


Decorated with a feather, beads and binding.


The cap would fit what is called the renaissance period


An elasticated headband makes it one size fits all (unless youre an alien)



Saturday, 21 May 2022

Leather Goblin Hat

 

A leather skull cap with a tail


This is an odd cap I spotted at a market, it's made of leather with a long section at the rear reminiscent of a nightcap in some ways.


The crude look of the stitching makes me think of something a goblin might wear in a fantasy image.


Another possibility might be a librarians cap or perhaps somewhere to took your long hair



I'm please with this find and hope to find a character or multiple characters to wear it. 




Saturday, 14 May 2022

Diving Helm


A steam punk based diving helm.

This helmet is homemade, constructed from high-density foam and a clear plastic dome.

The construction involved lots of contact adhesive but was relatively simple in shape and form, preformed foam hexagons help decorate the construction

 

The final result was then painted with flexithane paint mixed with brass powder pigment.


I finally added a couple of pieces of flexible plastic conduit sprayed with brass paint to provide the helmet's mock air supply.