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Ganjamira β Paragon Soul II - handpainted Featherquill
Published: 2014-07-03 12:47:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 6277; Favourites: 546; Downloads: 69
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My third macaw quill!
This one was made for a Etsy-customer, I really hope heΒ΄ll like it^^
The quill is arranged from six real macaw feathers and then painted with a blue tribal pattern. I used Citadel-Colors for the paintjob and hotglue to arrange thefeathers.
The hold is wrapped in blue satin.
Calligraphic writing nip in the tip.
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Comments: 79
Ahh omg this one is so beautiful!!! I love this and your Relic of Phoenix one; I'm very upset now that my country doesn't allow feather products to be imported in, otherwise I would have one of these in a flash!!
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I still want to make a tutorial how to craft a quill from found feathers, maybe you can make your own someday!
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That would be great, thanks 
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Just need to find a tidy, unchaotic space to make the photos xD My chaos is everywhere ToT
What birdies do you have?
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Haha that's always the case with arts-crafts projects!
Just one lutino cockatiel at the moment, but you'd think with all the feathers and poop everywhere that we had 5 -__- I used to have a budgie but when I moved country, I wasn't allowed to bring him with me (they've very strict on feather and feathery things 
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xD IΒ΄m lucky, we have a huge aviary in our garden, approx same size as our livingrom
I think I couldΒ΄nt bare it to leave my cuties behind *sniff*
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Aww that sounds like a dream!! I'd love to have a large outdoor aviary, where I can include little quails too. God I love quails
Yeah, it was really hard
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Omg, that are my favorite colors! It's a great job!
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Thank you so much!
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Awwww thank you so much!
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Id want one like that ( may a tad more blue) but a hair accessory.
Good job i like it :3 the tribal markings are so pretty Β
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xD Even more blue?
Thank you so much!
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Ooh can't wait to see your feather hair piece
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I still really want on of these quills so badly
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Your quills are gorgeous, and I think your blue macaw quills are my favorites 
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Thank you so much!
x3 TheyΒ΄re my favourites too
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You're welcome
hehe I may just have to commission you once I get an income
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Thank you very very much!
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This is so pretty I so want a quill myself but I got to get the money first
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Nawwwww thank you so much!
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Awwww thank you very much!
Β Β Β Β Β Small instruction
Well there areΒ΄nt as many secrets as you might think^^
I use simple hotglue to arrange the feathers; all small feathers are glued with a small dot of glue on the shaft of the biggest feather.
When theyΒ΄re arranged and painted I glue the end of the satinband on the tip of the hold, over the end I put glue again and put the writing nip on it. (they are bend as a half tube, so they fit perfectly on the feathershaft)
Now I start wrapping the satinband arround the hold, wrapping the end of the onglued writingnip tightly and go on until the hold is completely wrapped and looks nicely.
Then I glue the end on and burn it with a match, so no fibers get loose and everything looks even. I always try to wrap it so that the end is glued on the back of the hold, so its not visible^^)
For painting:
I use "Citadel Colors" from GamesWorkshop. They are waterbased colours that are very brilliant and make very thin layers - acrylics work too, but the layers get very thick so if you paint in many layers it can look a bit crummy...so if you work with acrylics water them down a little to make the paint thinner!
There no certain brushing or painting technique I use, in fact I started painting with brush and paint on feathers I tried canvas once I think, but theres not a real difference.
I use small brushes.
The most dificult thing is to make a sketch on a feather.
I painted ALL my feathers without a sketch, I just started right ahead, even with the ACIII one.
But you can draw a rough sketch on your feather with chalks or pastells, but be carefull, its not good to remove, so you should be able to completely overpaint it so no weird lines are left.
Eeeeehhhhmm... Any further questions?
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DidΒ΄nt wanted to scare you off xD
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It so beautiful! I like these colours so much!
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Thank you so much!
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