Hat Blocks
Just wondering if anyone has attempted to make their own hat blocks and what sort of success they had? Any tips?
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Permalink Reply by Elaine Mergard
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Watch the video clip on Foam Hat Blocks & you will see how smooth they are. London Milliner Ian Bennett gets up to 30 hats from each. https://shop.hatacademy.com/collections/hat-making/products/foam-ha... Ian also teaches how to make that one off style - Bespoke block making https://shop.hatacademy.com/collections/headpieces/products/bespoke... Ian developed these techniques as he works in London theatre and many of headpieces he has to create are unusual shape for the dramatic effect.
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Permalink Reply by Darryll Osborne
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As a professional Hat Block maker, I also endorse this even if it means some may not order wood blocks.
It does give milliners the skills to at least create unique blocks that they can test and then send to us to be made in wood. In fact, it is a must that you present your block maker with a model to follow.
so get learning to carve foam!
Darryll
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You mentioned how helpful it is if we have a concept for a new block to make it out of the foam first rather than sending you pages of sketches and measurements. Once we have it as we want it then send to you to customise as a wooden one. Discussing with Graham about a little block I need soon we have decided to knock it up in foam & test drive it for the hat & if it works will send you the foam knock up. I know you are up to any Challenge -E :)
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most helpful!
schematics are a different language to many, and even well done drawings and sketches are too easy to misunderstand by both parties. On the other hand, when provided a half decent model, I have seldom got it wrong
look forward to seeing it :)
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Permalink Reply by Shandana De La Rivière
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The hat block course by Ian Bennet on the Hat Academy is really good if you want to learn block making.
