A visit to Kate Betts' workshop in Harold's Cross with a couple of friends turned into a bit of an adventure and prompted this little poem. For info about Kate and her work follow the link below.
https://millinery.info/2019/06/kate-betts/
Hat Talk
Today in her workshop we don boaters and crowns
fedoras,
pill boxes, visors and perches
and the
talk is of sinamay, hemp and parasisals
and net
mesh and linen, wool, straw, angora
and the
power of steam and pins to launch the two dimension,
from bend-
to stretch- to rise- to jump- turn and glide -
and of fibres
that lean to their own liking.
And so we pirouette
before the full length mirror
talk of
high couture, wedding allure and gala invitations
and A day
at the Races crowned with feathers and fascinators
and the
power of the hat to propel us in our imagination
to banquet
hall- to cat walk- to red carpet gathering-
but we come
home elated with our homely visors
patches of
shade for Summer meanderings.
Oil painting in the background is oil on Canvas. A day at the Races by Claire Bunbury
https://www.facebook.com/p/Claire-Bunbury-Art-100063628504188/
Copyright 2024 Cathy Leonard
