STEAMPUNK HAT

Howdy Happy crafters

I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter weekend, as much as you can indoors😋

We had an Easter egg hunt on Sunday. I left clues around the house for my boys and
Hubby - bearing in mind my boys are now 18 and 20 😲 but they enjoyed it :)
I am so grateful they are home for the lockdown.

Today I am sharing my Steampunk hat I created off of my previous post - Hat Tutorial.
I created the first hat about two weeks ago, and I eventually created my Steampunk hat
over the last two days.

I have been dying to make one. I created my own goggles and used a lot of bits and bobs
from around the house and my scrapbook stash. I die cut the gears and cogs, used some
resin and metal embellishments I had in a collection box. In my collection box, I keep
broken bits and pieces of items ie pens, bulbs, straps, mechanisms, any pipe cut offs etc.
You never know when they could come in handy.

I also used Airdry clay for the goggles and wiring on the hat.

And so I began:

I used two pipe cut offs that were equal size and cut to round acetate cirles to fit on top
of the pipes. You can use the carton of the toilet rolls or kitchen rolls when the cling
wrap or foil is finished. This means you can cut the goggles with the side panels.

But here I made my own sides with Airdry clay.

I printed some images to fit inside and glued them in place. I added some self adhesive
gems, glue bottle lid to the front acetate lens on one and found a clock face rim in my
collection box and and fitted perfect around the other lens.

I used a large image I printed and created a frame around the clock face. I left it to dry.

I made my hat per the previous post but I made the hat abit taller
I joined the lenses with gems and created the straps to fit on the side.
I used plastic buckles and eyelets, and a clasp of a broken cat collar.

I added some die cuts to the hat that I cut from carton, as it is easier to mould around

when it is damp. I used glue (wood/PVA) and water in equal parts to glue down the 

carton die cuts to create a texture on the hat. 

I also used mutton cloth dipped in the glue mix to wrap around the hat and create the 

material texture, I did dip the cloth in the glue mix and then squeesed out the excess. 

You can also use powertex or gel medium mixed with water to have the same effect. 

I did this on the top of the hat and the base. And left it to dry.

 I added a few more embellishments and some Joinery tape.

 I painted the goggles and adhered the side straps to it.

I then painted the hat black with all the embellishments.

I added a few more embellishments - I used Airdry clay to make the "wires" and I used eyelets
at the end to finish them off.

I then used Acryllic paints - Chocolate, Raw Sienna and Mushroom to paint the hat. 

I used  Raw Sienna to cover most of the hat, but I did not cover it completely, it was 

more a dry brush technique. I did not want to hide the black underneath as it makes it

looks more vintage.

I used #13@rts Color glow Andalusite - to colour the straps and add some shimmer to
the goggles, it makes it look more worn.

I used the "Mushroom" acryllic paint to highlight some of the texture on the hat using
a dry brush technique. I used Acryllic paints, Magenta, Demin, Mushroom, Chocolate to
paint the "wires"

I then painted the gears and cogs and clock die cuts with White gesso and once
dry I painted them with #plascon Paint effects Silver metallic paint. I adhered
the die cuts and then did a light dry brush with black Gesso to highlight the creases
of the material and some of the texture background.

I also used the Silver paint with dry brush to lightly highlight some of the embellishments.

Here are a few close ups.

Hope you have enjoyed the post and have a go at creating your own master piece.

Thank you for stopping by and wishing you a safe and healthy week ahead.

Loves
Candace