Peacock Feather Collar Comission

[swivelsphinx]

This is a piece of commissioned work I did in May. This is a neck piece I did for a gentleman on commission. The leather is hand dyed veg. tan belly. The frame surrounds actual sections of peacock tail feathers. The brass hardware is a Chinese drawer pull.

[MADMAX22]

That is really cool looking,

did you glue the feathers in?

[swivelsphinx]

I brushed the backs of the feathers with a thin layer of "Tacky Glue" then applied them. Then, I bent the collar after this dried and added another slightly watered down layer of tacky glue.

Now that I know this works, I would like to experiment with a spray-on matting adhesive (like you use for prints)which works like a contact cement. Feathers can be tricky if you are not laminating them because they tend to pop off what you adhere them to if you do not get absolute coverage. I also tend to use the feathers with the least amount of "spine", or actually "break" it by twisting the feather around a 1/4-3/4 inch dowel and pressing down the hollow section until it is fairly flat before cutting off the larger sections I want. With other feathers, like turkey, I'd remove the barbs from the spine with an X-acto, keeping the sides in tact, then *carve* a faux spine right into the leather before applying glue.

Thanks for asking!

swivelsphinx

[TomSwede]

Looking good!!! Nice use of the colors to match the feathers!!!

Tom

[swivelsphinx]

Looking good!!! Nice use of the colors to match the feathers!!!

Tom

Thank you!