Elsie Plant Hatting Hero

Elsie Plant Hatting Hero is an animation created for the Hatworks Museum - the UK's only Hat Museum based in Stockport, the animation explores the history of socialist, suffragette & birth control activist Elsie Plant from Stockport.

The animation will be showcased on the factory floor of the museum next to the display of Elsie’s office filled with her notes, books, hat boxes & more. The animation has been created from a combination of illustrations inspired by the Hat Museum archives + collaged elements too. Collaging and drawing on top of the archival images helped bring Elsie’s story to life & the intertwined rich history of hatting, birth control & women’s rights.