Chantelle Westlake

Chantelle
Westlake

Millinery Competition 2023
Australia, VIC

My submission was inspired by the work of Shanghai photographer and digital artist Xiao Houg Shu. Their digital series "A Song of Light & Shadow" inspired the colours I have used in my submission this year. These are not colours I would usually pair together for millinery, so I wanted to challenge myself with a new colour palette, while using sinamay, my favourite millinery textile. In total in this piece, I have used over 100 layer of sinamay to create depth, light and shadows. I have trimmed many of the colour sections with a single strip of black star bright braid to give definition and dimension to my piece. It is reminiscent of stain glass windows, another play of light & shadow. I chose to photograph my submission on a mannequin so the colours would stand on their own, without the competition eye colour and makeup, although I am certain, a beautiful face will compliment the colours in my work exquisitely. I am pleased to submit my Ode to Light & Shadow to the Lillian Frank AM MBE Millinery Award for 2023.

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Chantelle Westlake
Australia, VIC