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  • New York, NY - 31 October 2015. A woman dressed as an elf in Santa's workshop, complete with workbench, tools and toys, at the start of the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Her name tag reads "Sparkle Twinklebaum."
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. Two large, animated lions made of book-page papier-maché, with text still visible , were carried the length of the parade. The parade and its oversized puppetry was produced by The Processional Arts Workshop.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. The parade passes 20th Street, on its way from 30th Street to Gansevoort Street. Some of the old railroad tracks can be seen amidst the greenery.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. Sweepers covered in pages of text sweep the way for the rest of the parade.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. The parade starts with an illuminated pen, which is followed by an accordionist and the rest of the marchers.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. Marchers carrying back-lit texts in several languages preparre for the start. Participants in this year's festival came from Asia, Africa, Europe as well as the Americas.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. The Parade of Illumination honors the printed word in all its languages and forms. It opens the PEN World Voices Festival, a forum for the best of international literature, and in support of freedom of expression.
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  • Fancy hats and fascinators on display.
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  • Feathers in jars on a shelf of trimmings.
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  • A pheasant wing with its plumage intact hanging on the shop wall.
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  • Hand sewing a bow onto the hatband of a straw hat.
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  • A straw hat rests on a stack of wooden hat blocks.
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  • Shaping the crease on the crown of a straw fedora. Once the shape has been established, a wooden block called a tipper will be tied in place to hold the crease.
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  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
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  • Shaping a steamed straw hat body over a block.
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  • A wooden runner, used to force cords into place to form the joint between the crown and brim, along with a cord and a brush.
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  • After shaping, the damp hat is placed in an oven to dry.
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  • A hat body, shaped with only a suggestion of a crown and brim, on a rack over a steam generator, being steamed prior to shaping.
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  • The sewing machines are mostly old Singers, with cast iron frames and mechanisms of machined metal—still durable, useful and repairable. Stacked on the table are a selection of specialty feet for the machine.
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  • Illustrations of headgear from arond the world serve as insiration, along with a Mexican-inspired skull mask.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. The lions are carried down the High Line between two former warehouses. The High LIne is a public park built on a former elevated railway track on the west side of Manhattan, from 30th Street to Gansevoort Street.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. One of the papier-maché lions is illuminated by a large light from within a pen. The landmark Empire State Building is visible in the background.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. Large replicas of magnifying glasses had text projected onto them from small hand-held projectors.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. Animated folios, lit from within, opened and closed as marchers carried them down the High Line.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. Marchers of all ages, and of many ethnicities, marched in the parade.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. This marcher carries a text in Hebrew.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. A sweeper, festooned with pages of text, gets ready for the start of the parade.
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  • New York, NY - 30 April 2012. An accordionist warms up on the High Line near 30th Street prior to the start of the Parade of Illumination, opening the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival.
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  • Dina "Cha Cha" Pisani wearing a decorated straw top hat, and surrounded by her creations, in her shop.
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  • Dina "Cha Cha" Pisani wearing a decorated straw top hat, and surrounded by her creations, in her shop.
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  • A balsa head used for trimming hats sits in a window.
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  • Trimming the excess from the edge of a straw hat after the edge has been sewn.
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  • Sewing the edge of the brim of a straw hat. The edge is rolled over a thick monofilament line to help it keep its shape.
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  • Removing a trimmed hat from a block.
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  • Trimming the excess from the brim of a felt hat. The hat bodies are oversized, to allow for varying crown heights and brim widths.
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  • Hand sewing the finishing touches on the sweatband of a straw hat. Behind Cha Cha is an old chain-stitch sewing machine with a high arch and a short, narrow free arm, ideal for reaching into the crowns of hats.
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  • A collection of hat molds, including blocks for brims and crowns, and risers to make the crowns deeper.
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  • A felt hat cooling from being dried in the oven.
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  • Tying a block called a tipper in place to hold the crease in the crown of a straw fedora.
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  • Cords called ropes, with slipknots pre-tied and ready to be used for shaping hang in front of a steam rack with a straw hat body on it.
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  • A wooden block made up of brim and crown sections ready for a hat to be shaped over it into a fedora. In the background, a straw hat body is being steamed.
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  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
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  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
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  • Brushing a felt hat after being shaped and roped, to remove any marks left by shaping.
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  • A felt hat on a mold with cords called ropes holding the shapes of the crown and brim.
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  • A cord called a rope is cinched around the joint of the crown and brim, and is forced into place with a wooden runner, a tool with a groove cut in its end to fit over the rope and to force it in place.
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  • A partially-shaped felt hat over the steam generator, being re-steamed for further shaping.
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  • Stretching a just-steamed felt hat body over a wooden block to shape the crown and brim. Many of the block are old, and difficult to replace.
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  • Sewing a headband into a straw hat on an old chain-stitch sewing machine with a high open arch and a short, narrow free arm.
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  • Ribbons and trim, some on rolls, some leftovers, await use.
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  • A straw hat on a block after steaming, with a tipper block pressing the center crease in place. On the left is a rack over a steam generator; hanging from the hat block are cords used to form the fold between the crown and the brim, as well as to shape the edge of the brim.
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  • Artist Shivangi Ladha at work in the  workshop area of The International Print Center. The workshop can be viewed by the public.
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  • Martin in his basement workshop.
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  • Martin in his basement workshop.
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  • Students at work in the Design Schools workshop.
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  • Edgar Russ, an Austrian-born luthier with a workshop in Cremona, tunes a cello.
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  • A workshop at the Drawing Center lead by Torkwase Dyson.
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  • Students at work in the Design Schools workshop. Wanted Design, part of New York's Design Week, runs from 19-21 May.
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