Sophia Constance - The Visitor - HEADGEAR VIII (2020) Opera Glove the piece holds the symbols

the piece holds the symbols of renewal (the scarab)

religious charms

pull up the hood

Inspired by old Serbian national hat known as Šajkača (pronounced Shykacha)

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Sophia Constance - The Visitor - HEADGEAR VIII (2020) Opera Glove the piece holds the symbolsThis is a one of a kind piece of wearable art made for the Five and Diamond Eighth Annual Headgear Art Show and shown on June 12, 2020. Imagine being a visitor on this planet right now. This is the inspiration behind this piece. With the current pandemic it's easy to feel like an alien on our own planet. There is a need for protection from each other unlike anything we could have foreseen. The apocalypse is here but not like we expected, fierce