CDHM The Miniature Way
April 2011, Issue 15
Haunted and Spooky
Page 24

healing and so the pointed hats became associated with the wise women or healers that lived in the country.

1:12 Witch by Joy Cox of Adora Bella Minis This seems to be borne out in Wales, UK, where the Welsh National Dress still consists of a black conical hat. It looks very similar to a witch's hat, but the point has been chopped off.

Hand sculpted 1:12 witch by CDHM Artisan Jain Squires of Giddy Kipper Miniatures When the witch trials started, any woman who was considered wise or a healer fell suspect to using the "black arts." It seems that this is when the pointed hat became a symbol of a witch and was