Since ancient times, our ancestors have used down and feathers to make useful household products. Domestic chickens, turkeys and geese even today give us the opportunity to make a variety of crafts from bird feathers with our own hands: soft pillows, warm feather beds, decorations for hats, toys, unusual souvenirs.

Before making a craft from feathers, they need to be collected and properly cleaned, because they can be dirty. In addition, the beards of the feathers are covered with fat, which should be removed. To do this, they are tied to a stick with the feather down and dipped in a solution of water, soda and soap brought to a boil. Within an hour the feathers will be clean. All that remains is to rinse them thoroughly and dry them. If the feathers are small, then you can wash them in bulk.

Bird feathers can be dyed in various colors using aniline dyes or tsapon varnish. Large feathers can be painted with paints designed for tinting silk. Want to bleach colored feathers? Degrease them, soak them in a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution for a day, then refresh the solution twice. After three days the feathers will be snow-white.

To ensure that feather crafts retain their original appearance longer, it is worth covering them with tsapon varnish using a spray bottle. After drying, they will be ready for use.

You can make anything from feathers, but a variety of decorations from this natural material look great. A light, airy, elegant hair comb can be made in an hour.

We will need:

• three feathers of the same size with trimmed tips;
• one white fluffy feather;
• crest;
• pin;
• satin ribbon;
• scissors;
• needle;
• glue gun;
• flower.

Excellent appliques are made from feathers dyed in different colors. If you want to make a beautiful picture of feathers with your own hands, all you need is glue, cardboard and, in fact, the feathers themselves.

Cut out a bird shape from cardboard. Starting from the tail, cover it with feathers. Crafts that combine feathers look impressive different colors. Don’t forget to make a crest for the bird from small feathers, and attach the finished craft to a sheet of cardboard or thick fabric. This feather painting will perfectly decorate a child's room.

Feathers can be used to create a variety of crafts and trinkets that will be a wonderful addition to your home interior. And useful things around the house made from feathers won’t hurt.

When working with feathers, do not forget that this material is very capricious. If you press the feather incorrectly, you will get an unsightly crease; if you handle the glue carelessly, the delicate feathers will turn into a sticky and dirty lump.

You can decorate crafts made from feathers only with light elements, since even a slight weight, for example, beads, can cause the feathers to sag or even fall off completely. It is better to use sequins, glitter or small ribbon bows for these purposes. Feathers, although a natural material, are classified as strong allergens. Be extremely careful so that this exciting handicraft does not harm your health!

Applique of poplar fluff and feathers

Poplar fluff is another natural material that can be used to make crafts. It has one peculiarity: it appears only once a year in the summer and covers the ground with warm, fluffy “snow”. Poplar fluff is well used in applications to imitate snow, clouds, hare fur, etc.

Lesson 1. “Winter” (for the little ones)

You will need: blue cardboard, white gouache, paint brush, PVA glue, glue brush, pencil, napkin, poplar fluff.

Stages of work:

■ The child draws clouds on cardboard. Help him if necessary.

■ Using a paintbrush, apply glue inside one cloud.

■ Carefully place the fluff on the glue and press lightly with a napkin.

■ Do the same with the remaining clouds.

■ Use white paint to paint falling snow and snow-covered ground.

Lesson 2. “Swan”

You will need: white cardboard, gouache (blue and white paints), paint brush, palette, water jar, PVA glue, glue brush, pencil, napkin, feathers, black bead, seed husks.

Stages of work:

■ Help your child draw a swan with a pencil, leaving space underneath for working with paints.

■ The child draws a landscape over which a swan will fly. It could be a raging sea, fields, forest, etc.

■ When the paint is dry, start gluing on the feathers. Try to ensure that the direction of the feathers is the same and that the overlap occurs like a tile, that is, each subsequent feather overlaps the previous one with fluff.

Quills have already ceased to be used as a writing instrument, and pillows are stuffed with them less and less, but creative personalities Today we found a use for them. So, for example, the works of Julia Thompson have already been noted in Monemo. But now we will not talk about drawings on feathers, but about paintings made from feathers.

Brings back memories of Gogol's work "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka"

Ukrainian craftswoman from Donetsk Marina Nesterova creates her appliqué paintings using, instead of paints, nothing more than bird feathers, skillfully selected in color and size. At first glance, it may seem that the picture is simply painted on canvas, but, after taking a closer look, you begin to notice that each “brush stroke” is a separate feather, skillfully glued to the canvas.

As for the material itself for painting, don’t worry, not a single bird was harmed.) Marina orders feathers for her works from pet stores or purchases them from bird breeders. What is noteworthy: the artist did not use artificial dye in any of her paintings; each feather has its own natural color.

The subjects of Marina Nesterova’s works are quite diverse. Among her paintings you can find surprisingly realistic drawings of animals, colorful flower still lifes, and narrative paintings from the life of a Ukrainian village. Each application is original in its own way and made with incredible precision. You can admire such works to your heart’s content.)

In addition to paintings, the artist also makes miniature embroidery on thimbles, floristry, silk painting, and ceramics. The works of this craftswoman are in the private collections of the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, and are also very often presented as gifts to foreign ministers and ambassadors. Marina Nesterova is not a rare guest at various applied art exhibitions in Europe.

Feather crafts

Since ancient times, our ancestors have used down and feathers to make useful household products. Domestic chickens, turkeys and geese even today give us the opportunity to make a variety of crafts from bird feathers with our own hands: soft pillows, warm feather beds, decorations for hats, toys, unusual souvenirs.
Preparation of material

Before making a craft from feathers, they need to be collected and properly cleaned, because they can be dirty. In addition, the beards of the feathers are covered with fat, which should be removed. To do this, they are tied to a stick with the feather down and dipped in a solution of water, soda and soap brought to a boil. Within an hour the feathers will be clean. All that remains is to rinse them thoroughly and dry them. If the feathers are small, then you can wash them in bulk.

Bird feathers can be dyed in various colors using aniline dyes or tsapon varnish. Large feathers can be painted with paints designed for tinting silk. Want to bleach colored feathers? Degrease them, soak them in a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution for a day, then refresh the solution twice. After three days the feathers will be snow-white.

To ensure that feather crafts retain their original appearance longer, it is worth covering them with tsapon varnish using a spray bottle. After drying, they will be ready for use.
Hair ornament

You can make anything from feathers, but a variety of jewelry made from this natural material looks great. A light, airy, elegant hair comb can be made in an hour.

We will need:
three feathers of the same size with trimmed tips;
one white fluffy feather;
crest;
pin;
satin ribbon;
scissors;
needle;
glue gun;
flower.

1. Make a small fan from organza ribbon. At the bottom, fasten it with thread.

2. Bend the pin in half so that one end is higher than the other.

3. Place feathers and an organza fan on a felt or felt rectangle. Add a bent pin and a decorative flower. Secure the elements with a glue gun.

4. Wrap the comb with a satin ribbon and attach a decoration with feathers. This completes the master class on creating unusual flowers from feathers!

Application

Excellent appliques are made from feathers dyed in different colors. If you want to make a beautiful picture of feathers with your own hands, all you need is glue, cardboard and, in fact, the feathers themselves.

Cut out a bird shape from cardboard. Starting from the tail, cover it with feathers. Crafts that combine feathers of different colors look impressive. Don’t forget to make a crest for the bird from small feathers, and attach the finished craft to a sheet of cardboard or thick fabric. This feather painting will perfectly decorate a child's room.

Interesting ideas

Feathers can be used to create a variety of crafts and trinkets that will be a wonderful addition to your home interior. And useful things around the house made from feathers won’t hurt.

Useful tips

When working with feathers, do not forget that this material is very capricious. If you press the feather incorrectly, you will get an unsightly crease; if you handle the glue carelessly, the delicate feathers will turn into a sticky and dirty lump.

You can decorate crafts made from feathers only with light elements, since even a slight weight, for example, beads, can cause the feathers to sag or even fall off completely. It is better to use sequins, glitter or small ribbon bows for these purposes. Feathers, although a natural material, are classified as strong allergens. Be extremely careful so that this exciting handicraft does not harm your health!

Elena Vladimirovna Taratova

Good day, dear colleagues and friends of my page!

I present to your attention Master Class"Kitty" feather applique.

Amazing appliqués can be made from a regular feather. White feathers You can paint them any color, but colored ones don’t need to be painted; they can be used in this form.

Feather appliques can be made any: flowers, Christmas tree, birds and many other interesting applications, just fantasize a little, and many ideas will open up before you.

My kids developed their imagination and decided to make kittens.

Kittens are surprisingly small and cute pranksters who love to play and be naughty. And how touching they are during the game, dexterous, skillful - real hunters.

To make such a naughty little girl, we will be needed:

1 Stencil kitten

2 Feathers

Stencil coat the kitten with glue, and begin gluing the feathers from top to bottom.

When we have glued all the feathers to the stencil, we glue the eyes and nose.

You can make a background or immediately before production applications or later.

These are the kittens we got.

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