Category: Hat Blocks

Kim Block: Blocking Kim’s Hat 2.0

After completion, each of the three blocks was given to a different milliner to test. As of Kim Fraser proprietor of and creative talent behind of Hatnip Hats…

Tapppe Hat Restoration: Cutting and Repairing

After repairing both the holes in the scan, I refined the 3D model smoothing out the remaining damage and adding the necessary features to transform the hat model…

Tappe Hat Restoration: Cleaning and Scanning

I knew when I started my hat block project I wanted to try to use what I learned from the Kim block in a restoration project. One of…

Kim Block: Cutting in Wood

This post is called Kim Block: Cutting in Wood. It could just as easily be called Kim Block: In Which Many Mistakes Were Made. The learning curve for…

The Kim Hat Block: Trial Cut

After spending so much time working on this through a computer screen it was really exciting to finally start cutting. I used a peice of pink foam 24…

Kim Hat Block: Working on the Scan

After getting such a clean scan of the original hat I was excited to start working on altering the scan into a hat block. To convert my hat…

The Kim Hat Block goes to USITT

In a very exciting turn of events, The Kim Block Project was displayed at this year’s USITT as part of ShopBot’s Presentation. They also featured my project to…

Kim Hat Block: Making a 3D Model

Kim’s hat block project is an outgrowth of my 3D printed hat block project. The goal of this project was to scan an extant vintage hat, reverse engineer…

3D Printed Hat Block Revisited

Last semester I had the amazing opportunity to take Rachel Pollack’s Millinery course. I had never made hats before and the learning process was a ton of fun….