Mix Master

1993

Johannes Michelsen
H. 7" x W. 14" x D. 16"; Spalted soft maple, ebony, rosewood, burnished band

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Who knew it would be possible to wear wood on your head and to be able to call it comfortable.
Who knew that hats of wood could be turned on a lathe, then twisted, compressed, bent stretched, tooled and otherwise manipulated into what is for all intents and purposes a truly wearable hat?
Who knew it could be done in so many styles?
Who knew when various colors or two-tone bands were desired all that was needed was to use different colors of exotic wood to burnish them in, or that the stream of new ideas and techniques would come so smoothly to make all this possible?
Who knew the hats would be so popular and take all of my interest, all of my time and be so much fun?
Not me!!!<Challenge V