More Feathers.

                        I think that this one is the best of the batch, in my opinion anyway.

        This is the impression of the feathers left on the plate after I removed them, I like the effect.

                         Maybe this needs a couple more layers, not much good as it is anyway.

                                    Hardly like feathers at all, definitely more like seaweed.

Feather Printing.

 Printing with the big more or less solid feathers didn't produce anything very interesting, but the Emu feathers are excellent for printing with, although they do suggest ferns rather than feathers, or even seaweed perhaps.Starting out with simple prints, these were encouraging.

    I must remember to start with the palest colours first and work forwards to the darker ones.

The marks of the Emu feathers are fascinating, and as they are so long, the visual movement is really good.

                                           These are the early experiments, more to follow..

Feathers.

 I have in mind a new piece of art work which will feature feathers in some way. The feathers above are from various birds, domestic hens, Kookaburra, parrot and probably an owl feather.

There amazing feathers are Emu feathers, some long and slender rather like fern leaves and others tough and wiry like seaweed. Some of the long slender ones are doubles, coming from a single base.
Now, to use them in some art pieces....

Dawn Light.

     Not a dying tree with brown foliage, but a Gum tree with the yellow light of dawn on the foliage.

Yarn Bombing.

                                          Yarn Bombing is alive and well in the suburbs!

All Done!

 Here is the last of the 3 pieces with the machine and hand stitching. I didn't realise until it was finished that all the appliqued spirals are exactly the same design. I had actually carved 2 different ones for this piece, but some how when printing them, this one design turned out best of all and I inadvertently selected it every time.

      This is a detail of the one above showing the single line of hand stitching on each circle.

                       Here are the 3 of them, the right hand one is up side down in this picture.

Rural Weekend.

       It was early morning and very cold as we walked across the paddocks into the rising mist.

                                                                    A fallen giant!

At the Bird bath.

               Mixed bathing at the bird bath, with a juvenile Fairy Wren and 3 little Thornbills.

             A lovely visitor, the Yellow Robin which has never appeared at the bath before.