My subject is mum’s hat. She looked, as she’d say herself “a clip” in it! I have a few of her possessions which may or may not appear in the photographs. This is a good way to capture them. These photos of me wearing the hat were taken on my iphone by Sarah Catterall.
I drew and painted most of the day using different approaches and media.


Graphite stick, paper, masking tape, ink, glue, white charcoal 

Graph paper (sympathetic to the weave of the hat) , till roll, glue, graphite stick, red oil pastel, 
Made a drawing tool out of twigs and I really like the result. It was unpredictable and the textures were lovely for a straw hat.







