Verka Serduchka Headpiece
My friend Phill approached me to ask if I could recreate the headpiece worn by Verka Serduchka in the 2007 Eurovision song contest, and of course I said yes! (I do anything for a Chinese takeaway and some wine).
I started by making the start out of mirrored cardboard. There are loads of templates online to use, so I chose one and scaled it to the size I needed.
And then finished the edges with some silver trimming with more mirror tiles stuck on top of that;
I started by making the start out of mirrored cardboard. There are loads of templates online to use, so I chose one and scaled it to the size I needed.
I then got Phill over and made a plaster cast of his head.
Once that was done, I hot glue gunned strips of thin foam to the inside, so it sat a little more comfortable.
I then stuck on mirror tiles (available from ebay) with a hot glue gun.
It then made its way to Germany all in one piece for the Kölner Karneval in Cologne.
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