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Freeform Card Block

Discover & Learn • 55m

This method of free form block making will give you the chance to create a headpiece that is uniquely your design. Fine contours are often too fragile in timber but are incorporated in this technique under the direction of the award-winning Milliner, Ian Bennett.

☰ Lesson Chapters:
• Wire Base • Wire Shaping
• Card Covering • Finishing & Attaching

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