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Thursday, 29 November 2012

Pigeon Prints...


Pigeons, pigeons everywhere! They love to hang out in gangs on my roof terrace and coo together, tormenting us early in the morning. I enjoy watching their rituals and hilarious mating dance.

Much to most people's disgust, I really like pigeons and think they are quite beautiful. They tend to carelessly shed their feathers around so I've pinched a few to take some prints from.





Inking up the actual feather works best I find. Here I have simply rubbed the paper over the inky feather to produce a light, embossed transfer.
























Below is where I tried rolling an inked up roller over top of the feather (under paper). It hasn't worked how I wanted but creates some interesting marks instead.

2 comments:

  1. You do realise that I'm taking notes for next year's class .... xxx

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  2. I am so glad you like pigeons so do I. They get such wicked press, yet they are really harmless and sweet unlike the well loved robin, and they mate for life too.

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