Moebius strips

My application of this principle is total
the strip felt is recycled from the off cut of the brim ....which i always insist to cut as a ring if the width is wide enough to have a stich operation on it.
So it is aleast 1/2 inch or 13mm...on this case i ve sewn 2 overlock stich and a zig gag stitch for the wire...
I have achieved smaller gauge seams on a MerroW as seam on seam as 1/4 inch or 7mm

This application is part of the hat as a finition to trim the wire....only

The abstract perception as a hat as briefly illustrate is infinite as his movement.









Fur knife

This fur knife is precise and sharper than a scalpel ...
and precily cutting is one particular skill in millinery like in Haute couture ...

New crown on the block part 1

I will blog the making of New crown on the block.
The process will be on pictures , video or Ustream as many part of these 3 news chapeaux will be different but with the same crown.

Now there are blocked ...as i mention before they have been re block from my archives...

They are now on a creative process and ready for another life...





New crown on the block part 1



New crown on the block part 1





I will blog the making of New crown on the block.
The process will be on pictures , video or Ustream as many part of these 3 news chapeaux will be different but with the same crown.

Now there are blocked ...as i mention before they have been re block from my archives...

They are now on a creative process and ready for another life...

New Crown in my block...






From my last visit to la Forme i brought back a new block brim and crown...
Lorenzo craft me a bigger miniature than the Mini hats done for Mr Jones as top hat and men crown....
We end up doing this volume than the head size is fitting a 1 yrs old child.
A men crown in 19'hs with rollover,turnover brim of 1 1/2 inch width ...
I did tried it last year and block some panamas but i keep them for my online project ....and they will be available on stock ,made to measure and trimmed in mid February for orders in PU Hats shop at philippeurban dot com.
I'm recycling few of my own archives in this block ...is a unique volume.
I would like a N°5 hood less than 70 grms in ff to block it in one piece ...and even like that 19 " inch head size...to hoods in 30 "width...


That's involving double blocking ...
A suivre...

ATELIER PHILIPPE URBAN