{"id":1917,"date":"2017-09-09T14:55:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T12:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faunauge.de.w0175403.kasserver.com\/faunauges-bridal-fascinator-at-creative-world-2016\/"},"modified":"2022-04-08T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:05:18","slug":"faunauges-bridal-fascinator-at-creative-world-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faunauge.de\/en\/faunauges-bridal-fascinator-at-creative-world-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Faunauge’s Bridal Fascinator at Creative World 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You know what it’s like: newsletter after newsletter trickles into your inbox and spam folder day and night. Sometimes, however, there is something useful in it. This was the case in late autumn 2015, when I received an advertisement for the world’s largest creative fair in Frankfurt am Main, Creative World. It had a special section: “Hatmaker”. You could send in any kind of hat. As it happens, the deadline was only 14 days away. For me, that meant: GO NOW, HURRY! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First step<\/h2>
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The idea was clear, a fascinator was needed. I grabbed scissors, wire and pliers and started building. First I made a large flower out of hand-wound silver wire leaves. I had done this successfully before, but now I wanted to make it even bigger than my first hair comb with a silver wire flower.<\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n

From shirt to flower<\/h2>
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Then I cut out many, no very many circles from a white, old but washed business shirt and folded beautiful petals in my favourite technique from Japan.<\/a> I also placed calyxes and stamens wrapped from silver wire in the centre of the flowers to make the Creative World Fascinator.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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Base and feathers<\/h2>
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But a real fascinator also needs a real fascinator base. I sewed this from a felt oval cut to the right size and rep ribbon. A hair comb was attached to it and the top and bottom parts could be joined together. I still had plenty of feathers from a goose market in Wermsdorf, Eskildsen<\/a>. We always get the family Christmas roast there, but they also offer single feathers in their “down room”. I put my feathers in the empty spaces between petals and Fascinatorbase. <\/p><\/div>\n\n

Off to Frankfurt a.M. for Creative World!<\/h2>
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I sent the finished piece of jewellery to Frankfurt a.M. and was informed shortly afterwards that my fascinator had been chosen as one of the best entries! I didn’t make it to the top three of the coveted places, but I was still as happy as a lark. With my whole family in tow, we went to Creative World 2016 and visited the Hatmaker stand in the huge exhibition hall. It was a wonderful day for Faunauge! <\/p><\/div>\n\n

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Back in Leipzig<\/h2>
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After the hat was sent back to me in Leipzig, I worked it up a bit more. Afterwards it could be admired in the shop window of a hairdresser friend of mine, Christian Born Friseure.<\/a> Very close to the registry office. I can’t wait to see which bride secures the fascinator for her wedding and then brags about wearing one of the best hats of 2016! \u00a9 Faunauge<\/p><\/div>\n