Cloche van groen vilt met kleine clip van geel koper c. 1958 - 1965

Katja Robinski crafted this "Cloche van groen vilt met kleine clip van geel koper" from green felt and yellow copper. The hat's bell-like form and soft, felted texture offer a tactile and visual experience. Consider the artist's material choices: the dense, opaque felt, contrasted by a polished metal clip. The hat destabilizes conventional notions of utility by creating a sense of volume and form. This interplay between colour and texture—the solid green against the bright copper—creates a semiotic tension within the piece. Robinski presents us with a sculpture, which uses clothing to suggest a cultural artefact. The formal qualities, like the felt's texture and hat shape, invite us to reconsider how we perceive the everyday object and the codes that shape its meaning.