Category
 |
Microcosmic Millinery
2 1/16" x 2 1/8"80 pages, 32 illustrations
A collection of digital illustrations of hat and headdress designs, based on the scientific drawings of Ernst Haeckel. His KUNSTFORMEN DER NATUR, published in parts beginning in 1899, is a masterpiece of Art Nouveau design and scientific observation. As inspiration for costume designers, it's an endless treasure trove. I've taken thirty-two of my favorite microscopic creatures, and turned them into hats (the Spirobranchia in particular make great helmets). Each design is faced with a small version of its original.
I published a set of drawings on this theme a couple of years ago as a loose photographic portfolio. The illustrations in this book are entirely new, except for one that was too good to give up.
The square volume is bound in a shiny black Japanese paper embossed with red dragonflies, and has endpapers of marbled pink and turquoise. There is a paper label pasted to the front.
This product was added to our catalog October 24, 2009
$24.00