Feather Flower

[Kepis]

I was practicing my feather stick making earlier this afternoon and although i didn't start out with this in mind, it soon became a personal challenge to finish it, when it became apparent i was going to get a good feather stick out of it.

I dread to think how many curls there are in this, the feather flower is made from a single piece of seasoned Hazel, the stick started off with a diameter of approx 3/4", and the feathered section stands at a good six inches tall, I'm going to try and make some more as soon as i get up the woods and gather some more dead standing Hazel rods.

I think just one of these would be good enough to start a fire up the woods, although in reality it would be a shame to burn it.

 

[brumstar123]

That is AWESOME! !

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[John Fenna]

There is still a bit of stick there - unfinished in my eyes
Other than that...a pretty fair effort!



Actually that is stunning!

 

[bb07]

Well done! It's begging for a spark

 

[Steve13]

Wow wish I could do them that good
Best start practicing

 

[decorum]

>>> feather flower is made from a single piece of seasoned Hazel, the stick started off with a diameter of approx 3/4", and the feathered section stands at a good six inches tall <<<

Very nice ~ I think that might count as the ultimate bushy gift wrap bow

 

[John Fenna]

My best featherstick was a bit smaller

 

[Kepis]

Ive done a few like that as well

 

[John Fenna]

Not that either of us is obsessive......

 

[Kepis]

Not at all

 

[Sean Hellman]

Lovely flower, good and thick with plenty of petals, looks like a hyacinth to me.
I have never tried a match stick before, but these are my smallest so far

 

[Kepis]

Cheers Sean, the match sticks are for the obsessive like John and I, like those there flowers of yours, so come on then how did you do them?, apart from carefully

 

[British Red]

Heard of "angels dancing on the head of a pin"?

The mark of the true obsessive is "circles on the head of a match"


feather stick by British Red, on Flickr

 

[Tengu]

Didnt the Romanies used to make flowers like that?

 

[Tjurved]

Lovely flower, good and thick with plenty of petals, looks like a hyacinth to me.
I have never tried a match stick before, but these are my smallest so far

I find it hard to make em that strict "flower" form. Easier to make em like the first post but some like those too.

 

[tombear]

Sorry if theres another thread (search pulled nowt up) that covers this but today in a charity shop I saw a small carving of a perched bird of pray and the tail and wings were done by feathering the wood. Has anyone done one that way?

ATB

Tom

 

[Sean Hellman]

Cheers Sean, the match sticks are for the obsessive like John and I, like those there flowers of yours, so come on then how did you do them?, apart from carefully

I used very thin and dryish willow and a small knife, quick to make. I would assume they are far easier to make than from match sticks with the hazards of the grain running out. I am going to have a go with a match stick, I can be obsessive too

Travelling folk have made flowers for a long time, cutting wood from the hedgerow and using just a knife, a technique I have not mastered yet. They would often dye them and sell bunches of them door to door.

Try this if you dare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iome0_REpXw a joy to watch such a master at work. Is this what you saw Tombear?

 

[Kepis]

Try this if you dare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iome0_REpXw a joy to watch such a master at work. Is this what you saw Tombear?

I watched that the other day, i was terrified of trying it myself, i cant be trusted with an SAK let alone that chopper, glad to hear another obsessive is in the ranks Sean

 

[Whittler Kev]

Didn't the Romanies used to make flowers like that?

Yep which is why most people call them Gypsy flowers. I had a quiet afternoon making some and giving them to anyone I met. I left a couple that was at the woods for the first time a bunch of them.. The woman thought they were real
No photo's, but I love whittlin' them from toothpicks
BEWARE Its addictive

Even with my home-made drawknife

 

[prescottr]

The woman thought they were real

They do look real. I can understand how you might mistake them for real ones if you left some of those in the woods. They kind of remind me of the thistle flower somehow.

I also watched the Sasano-Bori Carving Technique and I was amazed. So serious stuff! It looked great once it was finished. I am by far nowhere near that technique.