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I'm a self taught hatmaker who crafts new hats from old coats and found objects. My work is inspired by the places I've been and the cultural histories I have studied.

Posts by augustphoenix:

• Stitchery Series Part IV – Chinese Symbolism
• Stitchery Series Part III – The Stitches
• A Gothic Hat
• Andalucia 2012 – Granada’s Albayzin District
• Andalucia 2012 – Granada and the Alhambra
• The Inspired Turks
• Venetians and Florentines
• Andalucia 2012 – The Alcazar and Surrounds
• Andalucia 2012 – The Jewish Quarter
• Andalucia 2012 – Cordoba and the Mezquita
• Andalucia 2012 – Toledo
• Stitchery Series Part II – Tools and Techniques
• Stitchery Series Part I – History and Fibers
• Teaching Applique at the Seaview Fiber Arts Guild
• The things you find …
• Reconstructing the UlaanBaatar Boot
• Return to Turkey
• Crossroads Tour – A final Bazaar, a last museum, a last day
• Crossroads Tour – Ayasofya and the Sea of Marmara
• Crossroads Tour – The Hamami, Suleyman Camii and a Lost Taxi
• Crossroads Tour – The Horn, Astrolabes, and a Holy Place
• Crossroads Tour – The Bosphorus
• Names from the Secret History of the Mongols
• The Mongolian Invasions of Medieval Europe
• Crossroads Tour – The Topkapi Palace
• Making a Tibetan Maikhan
• A Requiem for a Hat
• Names from the History of Archers
• Something tattered this way comes…
• Crossroads Tour – Firenze Final Day
• Crossroads Tour – Portovenere
• Crossroads Tour – Genoa Second Day
• Crossroads Tour – Arrival in Genoa
• Crossroads Tour – Florence First Day
• Crossroads Tour – Return to Florence
• Crossroads Tour – Prologue
• Three Days in Florence
• Crossroads Tour – Sleepless in the Sultanahmet
• The Search for Prester John – Part 2
• In Search of Prester John – Part 1
• Three Days in Venice
• A Thirteenth Century Ger
• Medicinal Teas of the East and West During the Medieval Period
• Pre-17th Century Uses of Mint
• Replicating a Kingfisher Feather Hairpin
• Crossroads Tour – The Grand Bazaar
• Crossroads Tour – The Carpet Salesman
• Another Beginning
• Crossroads Tour – Welcome to OZ !
• Crossroads Tour – Florence to Istanbul