Migrate 20 x 30 inches, feathers from many species of birds
A variety of peacock feathers
I was so happy with the piece (titled Migrate) that I wanted to explore making others based on this theme. So one day Joy and I began searching for lots of interesting feathers to do this. At the end of the day, we were surprised that we had only gotten as far as selecting and preparing feathers from one kind of bird--the peacock. These are various different feathers from a peacock that we readied to carve. Notice that the bright display feathers are absent. These are the less celebrated ones all from the wing except the largest one that is from the tail. The true tail feathers of a peacock are long, stiff, and grey as pictured here in the lower right. The birds muscle them up which pushes up the display feathers that are on the bird's back.