Incredible Art on a Feather
Apr 17
Painted onto elegant swan quills, these beautiful examples of feather-art really are fit for a Queen.
Painstakingly created by English artist Ian Davie, each individual piece painted over the royally protected bird’s feathers can take up to one week to complete.
Using feathers collected during the regal birds’ annual moult from a swannery near to his home, Ian has spent the past four years perfecting his craft.
He uses a special acrylic paint that protects and coats the feather, and a specialised 000-size brush to fill in the finer details.
He said: ‘These feathers come from the birds’ enormous wingspan and therefore using an oil based paint would corrupt the integrity of the feather.
‘I asked an expert from the Natural History Museum in London how long my art would last and they replied that feathers had been found totally intact inside the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs.’
Mr Davie’s work has since been exhibited at the Welsh Museum of Modern Art and he has been asked to become the artist in residence at the Nature and Art Museum in Gloucestershire.
Photo via: barcroft media
via: dailymail.co.uk
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