Fiona Neylan
Fiona Neylan is a milliner, who has also recently got back into art and watercolours.
"I have been doing hats, and doing up hats, since 2008," she said. "My grandmother was a milliner and had a shop in Henley-on-Thames and my mother an aunt worked in there and took it over. They also used to do up hats so I learnt a bit growing up.
"It was something that was part of my life but I never thought I would do hats because I went off and studied fine art and sculpture at art college.
"It was later on when I had children that I found a box of old hats, but they were beautiful quality, old vintage felt hats, but they hadn't been shaped, and that sparked my interest. I looked into how to shape hats and went on a couple of courses. I found all that really interesting and I started making my own hats."
Fiona has also rediscovered her love of drawing and painting, which visitors will also be able to see if they visit the studio during Dorset Art Weeks.
She added: "I felt I haven't had enough time to do it because I have been doing hats for quite a while. I felt I needed to branch out and do more drawing and painting and I have started doing watercolours now and I want to tie it in and bring watercolours into my hats."
Fiona buys in some of her hats and enjoys decorating them and also has a range of bags, scarves and dresses to compliment the hats.
"I can make hats from scratch but there's a lot of work involved and I've done quite a lot over the years, so at the moment I am enjoying decorating them.
"I try and have a variety of hats - special occasion hats, wedding hats, sun hats, everyday hats, rain hats, berets, straw hats, Panamas."