A headdress is more than an accessory – it is a crown of transformation.
When placed upon the head, it alters presence, weight, and bearing. A simple movement becomes ritual, and the wearer steps into a heightened state of being.
In my work, I explore this transformative quality through a wide range of materials and forms: leather headdresses with stark white eyes that seem to gaze beyond the human, horned structures evoking mythic creatures, or frame-like constructions inspired by Jugendstil figures. Each is both ornament and instrument: an object of beauty, but also a tool that shifts perception, turning performer and performance into something otherworldly.
Some are designed for stage and music videos, others for ceremonial or exhibition contexts. In every case, the headdress functions as a threshold object – framing the face as a mask would, extending the body into new forms, and summoning archetypes that reach beyond the self.
Headdresses Black and White for Meinhard
