Great Soldiers Hat No.2 by Zsofia Marx

Somewhere, a soft felted cone that spirals upward in grey tiers, with a ragged tip.

This great soldiers hat no. 2 is by Zsofia Marx, from the Netherlands, and is contemporary. It is felt. Felt is made by matting and pressing wool fibers together rather than weaving them, and it has been used for hats in many parts of the world for centuries. Viewed whole, a tall, tapering form of dense matted fibre, banded from white at the base to mottled grey above. The rounded tiers narrow toward a torn, open peak. It is mounted on a thin rod above a square black base.

A cozy wizard hat that skipped the wizard.