Newly Listed: Knitted Wing Cowl

 

Knitted Wing Cowl, Feathers Flame Cowl, Scarf Gray and Mustard Scales Wrap Cowl, Flower Leaves, Vegan Cowl Birds of a Feather by StarsWear 

Gray and Yellow Bird, Golden Winged Warbler, Songbird Metal Print, Gift for Birder, "Golden Winged Warbler'' by SheenWatkinsStudio 

Digital watercolor birch tree paintings, Digital Print, Instant Download, Printable Art, Wall Decor by ExpressionsByShellie

Newly Listed: Knitted Wing Cowl

Knitted Wing Cowl, White Feathers Bridal Cowl, Scarf Winter Wedding Scales Wrap Cowl, Leaves, Birds of a Feather by StarsWear

Owl Winter White Snow Forest  Feathers Tree Branches Birds North Woodsy Wildlife Nature Frozen Woods Photography Photo Print by EclecticForest

Fantasy Fairy Tale Forest Art Print The Queen by ThisYearsGirl

Snowflakes, Winter's Flowers, Stars from the Heavens, Montana Snowflakes, art quality Photograph by spirithelpers

Newly Listed: Knitted Wing Cowl

Knitted Wing Cowl, Feathers Flame Cowl, Scarf Reds and Pinks Scales Wrap, Flower Leaves, Vegan Cowl by StarsWear
Hummingbird Photography, red and blue hummingbird on branch, summer, hummingbird wall art, home decor by LynnLangmade
Cardinals on Tree Branches Photo, Red Birds in Gray Cloudy Sky Photography, Birds in Tree Branches Nature by MicheleBlanche
Red Berries Bittersweet, Red Brown Blue, Simple Style Nature Photography, Earthy Woodlands, Fine Art Print by DebbraObertanecArt

Newly Listed: Knitted Wing Cowl

Knitted Wing Cowl, Feathers Cowl, Scarf Soft Peacock Iridescent Scales Wrap Cowl, Birds of a Feather by StarsWear
Large Blue Green Feather Print, Iridescent Bird Wall Art, Modern Office Decor, Nature Photography by EchidnaArtandCards
The Nicobar pigeon, the closest living relative to the Dodo bird by John Williams
Nicobar Pigeon by Vinayadass

Newly Listed: Knitted Wing Cowl,

Knitted Wing Cowl, Feathers Cowl, Scarf Soft Pastel Scales, Succulent Leaves, Birds of a Feather by StarsWear
Nature Print, Landscape, Tree Photo, Bird Art, Nature Wall Art, Home Decor by KateRyanFineArt
The Art of Staying Aloft No.18 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pheucticus ludovicianus) by SmallMysteries
Butterfly photo take by me up in the mountains near our house :)

Our Creative Space...

Remember the huge pile of vintage tin boxes I showed you? We thrifted in dozens of thriftstores for them and I just used the first box and thought it would be good to show you that the tins will be used and how :)

With a tin scissor I cut the box to become flat pieces, not very difficult but if you are not careful you can cut yourself as tin can get very sharp when cut.

I cut out the two big birds and thought the Eurasian Jay feathers I find in our garden match perfectly. I'm always happy when I find a feather, knowing that they are cruelty free I can use them without doubt.

I filed around the birds to make the sharp edges soft and then soldered around it and soldered loops to so that I can attach things to it.

After washing off the solder flux I attach some pretty leaved ear posts to which I added mother of pearl flowers. And I added the feathers, left and right just like the birds.

The box was vintage so this pair is completely one of a kind, I wish I had more of those birds as they match so well with the feathers!

They are impressively big 3 3 /8'' and 3 1/2'' (8.5 cm and 9 cm) but light weight which is another reason why I love to use tin.
The earrings are available in the shop, and maybe I'll make a matching necklace with the remaining pieces, or cut round pieces and dome them to become beads, not sure yet. Now you can see how much things can come out of just a little tiny box, hundreds of things will come out of the big stash we have now :)

Garden Inspiration

A large amount of our materials and inspiration comes from the beach. But the beach is not our only source of natural found materials, the forest and our own garden gives us gifts too.
These feathers are of the Eurasian Jay, I find them one by one in our garden and collect them together to eventually make earrings of them. We made several pairs in the past and they were all sold out so it was time for a new pair.

This is the only picture of the Jay I have been able to capture, they constantly hop from one branch to the other and usually pretty high up in our pine trees. He is mostly black but the wings have those blue stripe details which you can not see in this picture.

And here are the earrings, the feathers are accompanied with vintage abalone shell drops and handmade lampwork beads, very bohemian and although pretty large, very light weighted.

This year we have much more Cicada's than usual, I only notice it from the amount of noise, but also of the amounts of skeletons I found. I have been collecting their beautiful wings, they are weightless yet strong, pretty amazingly constructed. I am not fond of the insect themselves so won't show an image of that :)

I've made a necklace by pairing a pair of wings and sandwiching them between two crystal cut glass pieces and soldering a frame around that. This way you can appreciate the beauty of the wings and they will be protected. I've just listed the necklace a few minutes ago.

These feathers are not collected from our garden. They are the feathers of a friend's parakeet. Again cruelty-free feathers, I only collect those that the little guy leaves behind, he himself is unharmed and happy.

Here is the source of my material :) He is very cute, and has a large cage which is open all day so that he is free to wander. If left without attention for a while he will walk after you like a pup, very cute :)

And here are the first earrings made with his feathers, together with vintage enameled brass triangles and handmade lampwork beads.