Wright At Home…

My trip to Chicago in 2018 yielded inspiration for a couple of hats.

I was quite taken with the ceiling light in the play room at Frank Lloyd Wright’s residence in Oak Park. I found its graphic nature appealing and transformed a piece of this architectural component into hats as soon as I arrived home.

The ceiling light in the playroom at the Wright Home & Studio in Oak Park, IL

This hat is featured in November in support of KNKX Public Radio and Peter’s Valley School of Craft in Layton, NJ, where a percentage of your purchase is reinvested into the teaching of American Craft. As always, my hats are handcrafted from rescued textiles and are eco-supportive.

As seen on KNKX Public Radio, November 2019

The other hat inspired by this trip is still in the design phase – a Gothic Peacock inspired by the Peacock Doors of the Palmer House Hotel, which I detailed earlier in my Chicago blogs. Look for the Peacock Hat to arrive here later this year.

Time for a brief nap, and then back to work!

Resisting nap-time in a not-a-hotel lobby in Chicago.
Photo courtesy of my local guide, Patty Panek

4 Comments on “Wright At Home…

  1. Aha, I see see some purple leather there . . . Sorry the peacock design never worked out; but these things happen sometimes.

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