Category: Kim Block

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…

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…