Pigeon Feather Art by Kate MccGwire

Posted by Queuebot in Animals & Pets, Art, Pictures on May 2, 2009 at 1:22 pm


Sluice (2009) by Kate MccGwire

Bits of bones and pigeon feathers may be garbage to you and me, but not to artist Kate MccGwire. The London-based artist used thousands of discarded pigeon feathers to create amazing works of art.

In this interview with Kate, Don’t Panic Magazine asks: why pigeon feathers?

I am currently using pigeon feathers as they come from a bird that is generally reviled – regarded as vermin and referred to as ‘rats with wings’. I started to collect pigeon feathers that moulted from the birds in a shed next to my studio – I realised that they were actually very beautiful.

Link – via dontpaniconline

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by JJA.

 
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