THE DUNGEON.
THE HATTER IS IN.
A WORK OF LOVE
One pair of hands.
One hat at a time.
“Welcome to my dungeon. My name is Jorge La Sombra.”
It starts with a feeling. La Sombra describes it as “an energy I feel. A pull towards a feeling.” Here, at the bench, he gives it a form.
Each hat is made from scratch. Blocking, cutting, pouncing, banding, shaping, dressing, branding: patient work, carried through by hand. The photographs bring you close enough to see the stitches and the tools. The films let you stay for the making.
For La Sombra, the hours behind a finished hat are a work of love. The joy is in watching it become itself.
AT THE BENCH
Look closer.
PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREA PORTER
The piece is turned, held and worked on at the bench. Every finish takes attention.
A wooden tool, felt and a steady hand. Small adjustments shape the line.
The work continues beneath the brim. The sweatband is fitted and held in place.
Guided by hand, stitch by stitch.
FILMS FROM THE WORKSHOP
Stay for the making.
LA SOMBRA / CALEB CREATIVEFILM 01
Colossus.
Follow the shaping and finishing, then look closer at the skull and feather details.
FILM 02
Throughfire.
A view from the bench, through the handwork and into the finished reveal.
MADE BY HAND. BORN OF EXPRESSION.
Your story
can start here.
Bring a feeling, a memory or the first outline of an idea. La Sombra will help give it a shape.