Experimenting with South African helmets
In the spirit of here are some hats I made earlier. Or possibly hats I ruined earlier. The official name for them is - they're standard plastic safety helmets, carved, bent out of shape and painted.
If you turn up at a South African World Cup stadium without one, you may feel a little under dressed. You'll need a
You can buy them all over the country now - there's something very pleasingly local, home-made and un-Fifa-ish about them.
My children are all making to wear at school. The paintwork above is their handiwork (a bold, experimental mixture of oils, acrylics, felt-tips and spray paints) and the carving work was a combination of me, a wobbly penknife and some blisters.
The plastic tends to crack if you bend it too hard, and I've been toying with the idea of applying some heat. Any advice - on carving, bending and painting - would be gratefully received.
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