I need ideas to use feathers
Posted: Mar 01, 2008 2:30 pm
I have been collecting feathers that my greenwinged macaw molts for years. Some of them are 22" long tailfeathers all the way down to the 3/4" long breast feathers. I didn't save the real tiny head feathers.
I want to make something that I can hang on the wall. I don't know what I would glue or stich them to. I thought of just laying them in a circle or diamond pattern on wood or leather but I don't know what would look good in the center. I've had Merlin for 10 years so I have a lot of feathers. I traded some of the long tail feathers to a friend for some blue and gold macaw feathers so I have about a dozen of them that are blue outside and yellow inside. The G.W. tail feathers are blue on the outside and red on the inside. The longest wing feathers are blue out and red in also. Some of the smaller wing feathers are red with a green tip, all green or green with blue tip or edge. They are mostly red inside. The rest, small feathers, are mostly red on both sides but a few have all three colors.
I have dreamcatchers and I don't want another one of them. I really want to use the long feathers in some sort of design.
Anyone have any ideas?
I want to make something that I can hang on the wall. I don't know what I would glue or stich them to. I thought of just laying them in a circle or diamond pattern on wood or leather but I don't know what would look good in the center. I've had Merlin for 10 years so I have a lot of feathers. I traded some of the long tail feathers to a friend for some blue and gold macaw feathers so I have about a dozen of them that are blue outside and yellow inside. The G.W. tail feathers are blue on the outside and red on the inside. The longest wing feathers are blue out and red in also. Some of the smaller wing feathers are red with a green tip, all green or green with blue tip or edge. They are mostly red inside. The rest, small feathers, are mostly red on both sides but a few have all three colors.
I have dreamcatchers and I don't want another one of them. I really want to use the long feathers in some sort of design.
Anyone have any ideas?