14 January 2017

"Papaflessas" - Prepwork III: The Megalo Fesi

Papaflessas' headwear is a megalo fesi. As its name indicates, it is a large fez. This was a common headwear in the Balkans in the 19th c. Unfortunately, what is provided is a fez-turban hybrid that resembles no historical headwear.

First step is to reduce the turban. Megalo fesi were sometimes worn with a wrap ("turban") around its base, so reduce the provided turban judiciously, unless you would prefer to resculpt the fesi in its entirety.

Once the turban was reduced to a band, I began roughing-in the shape of the "crown". This will be a multi-step process (already on step 2) until the desired shape and volume is achieved. 

More to follow. . .  


FOLLOW-UP. . . It took 2 steps and change to achieve what I had envisioned. Before finalizing the "crown" of the fesi, I roughed-in the tassel, which I will pin once cured DONE before refining the shape and fit.  

When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003

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