As inspired by Christi Friesen and her book on birds etc. This is my first finished feather… well not my FIRST feather.  As I was in the middle of listening rather than paying attention to what I was doing….  I originally started making the lines on the feather STRAIGHT across… not diagonal.  It started looking odd, so I finally stopped and looked again at the directions!!  THEN I balled up the clay and started over.  I am very happy with this as a first attempt.  I’ve had a lot of compliments.  I used a couple goldtone powders on it before baking…to give it a metal look.  It is hung from a pin/bail on a golden tone round choker.

The one thing I was not able to do (as described in the directions) was to make the center ’spine’ the way Christie did, with just a tool.   So instead, I (and all of us attending) decided to make a ’snake’ of clay with a thin end and a thick end, adding it before we baked….. Hopefully, I can find  a proper ‘tool’ to try it with soon!  The next pic is the second feather I made, along with some tiny earring feathers.  Here is a link to Christie Friesen’s site.   Well worth looking around.  http://www.cforiginals.net/

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