Murray Odessky

Murray Odessky's (1931-2015)  journey making hats began serendipitously on a New Year's Eve in 1979 when he brought some things to a party in a paper bag.  When he went home, he emptied a size 12 bag and turned it over his head.  It was a good fit, and he formed it into a hat. Thank you

 Having moved to Hawaii and changed his name to Moses he revisited his love of hat making as a way to  protect himself from the strong Hawaiian sun. His designs kept coming, each hat inspired by a person, thing or idea, so that over roughly a decade Moses created over 250 hats 

His background as a a package and graphic designer for Mattel and other firms informed his work. Up until the last weeks of his life he could still be found at the Starbucks in Kamuela wearing one of his paper bag hats. He donated all his hats to the Mingei Museum in San Diego.

Gertraud Platschek I

 

German artist; Gertraud Platschek makes sculptures, assemblage and collaged identities in the form of hats, masks and appendages are they memories or the weight of the world? 

"Munich is my home and the city, its modern art scene and my fellow artists contribute so much to my art. I have also been inspired by my uncle, Hans Platschek, an artist, write and critic.

 While I am mostly an architect, I also love in the world of colours and my passion is large format works where the paint is thrown, smeared and scratched in organically.'' Gertraud Platschek

Barbara Keal

Barbara Keal  works as an artist sharing a studio with her furniture making husband.
Barbara'a head pieces are made from local sheep and alpaca wool and she tries to include all of the fibers, the coarse and fine so there is no wastage.