Category: Lady am – center tails

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Green Center Tails

Set features 12 flute staves in vermilion 170 lady am center tail pheasant feathers. Size is about 38″+ at center.

These two sets may be the only I make this year featuring the lady am center tails. I hoarded these feathers when my supplier was thankfully able to secure some for the project I previously posted. However, this year, they are completely sold out globally. Especially with carnivale, festivals and fashion demands at an all time high post pandemic, the feather industry is not likely to be able to meet demand for years as farmers that moved on to other industries are not likely to return.

Faux options are in the works, but to be honest… I’m up against the same competition for getting the material feathers. Companies focused on supplying thousands to large scale festivals don’t yet have capacity or methods for servicing artists that need a couple hundred. But stay tuned… I’m persistent! 

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Vermilion Center Tails

Set features 10 flute staves in vermilion 170 lady am center tail pheasant feathers. Size is about 38″+ at center.

These two sets may be the only I make this year featuring the lady am center tails. I hoarded these feathers when my supplier was thankfully able to secure some for the project I previously posted. However, this year, they are completely sold out globally. Especially with carnivale, festivals and fashion demands at an all time high post pandemic, the feather industry is not likely to be able to meet demand for years as farmers that moved on to other industries are not likely to return.

Faux options are in the works, but to be honest… I’m up against the same competition for getting the material feathers. Companies focused on supplying thousands to large scale festivals don’t yet have capacity or methods for servicing artists that need a couple hundred. But stay tuned… I’m persistent! 

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Adele Wolf

Follow @adelewolf for more on the journey of her new routine that feature these fans. The flight path from idea to stage is not always straight and easy. It takes a lot of persistence and commitment to your vision!

This set is features lady am center tails custom dyed in 3 colors on my V-staves.

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Roses for Chloe

Fans are an expression on stage and these done for @chloethecocaine have significant meaning. Chloe started working on this concept with her mum, the last one before her passing. 

I particularly love roses (my garden is full of them) because they seem to explode with all the beauty the world can make, but have thorns that can literally slice you open. They are the greatest metaphor for the lives we live. Happy to have been able to help create these in honor of someone so special to Chloe.

Chloe credits @missmaplerose and @frankiefictitious for their help and inspiration. 

This piece took a team to create. 
@katrina.inprogress created the vector. @coating.specialties_3311 did the powder coating. 
@donna.touch made the vinyl templates, V-staves and assembly. 
@letterslinesanddesigns_jross laid down the incredible airbrush work. 

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Natural center tails

Don’t fall too hard in lust for these as they were done last year for @steph_sugar_! I can’t even get these feathers (hopefully) for a couple more months.

On my V-stave staves in black, this set features 130 lady am center tail pheasant feathers just their beautiful, natural color.

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Degraded Sample

Incredibly unique pheasant set I did specifically to show off how we can achieve a light or pastel color. These are 30-35″ zebra feathers that had to be carefully degraded at #RainbowFeathers. The cream are what they look like after that process and the light teal is after dying. This set is on 6 scallop staves and uses 140 feathers. The extra processing of course adds cost, but it’s the only way to get light colors and downplay the natural black markings.

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Maple Rose custom

Today seems like a good day to break the internet with Maple Rose fabulous pheasant fan project!

First… a reminder. Awesome stuff like this takes time!! This set took 5 months from commission to delivery. I know I make this stuff look easy, but truly custom work requires time for all the pieces to come together. Maple was an exceptional client for understanding this upfront.

The design of the double layered stave structure was done by @katrina.inprogress. The shape of the piece and colors have special meaning to Maple. I tested the structure, laid out the attachment points and completed the assembly with the 160 zebra 30-40″ from @happinesscathy that were expertly dyed at #RainbowFeathers. While it was important to get the design right, ensuring the structure was strong and allowed for various handholds and movements was equally important. 

The only thing more impressive than this set is the amazingness Maple will create with them! 

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Cervena conversion

Rescued these feathers for Cervena Fox from broken staves.

We did these so fast so she could get back out to preforming with them, I forgot to write down the specs! But the set features 8 scallop staves and 140+ center tails feathers. Luckily the feathers were wired on the orginal staves, so they were easy to pop off and move over. These lighter, stronger and better performance quality set has already hit the stage!

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Deco fountain

Commissioned by Eva Devore, these just arrived to her in Australia!

Pulling from deco inspiration, the custom, articulating stave set (in Gold Bar) was designed by Katrina. I tested the structure, laid out the attachment points to accommodate (140 zebra 30-40″ in color #41 zJones) and assembled. I know Eva has plans to embellish these further!

This project took several months from design, testing, cutting, coating, feathering, assembling and shipping. It’s a one-of-a-kind, meaning this is Eva’s design and it will not be recreated for any other performer!

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Zebra upgrade

ANTICI-PATION! These will hit the stage again for the Rocky Horror Picture Show!

This set was a conversion and upgrade. The orginal set was on the bulky acrylic and seemed very sparse. The fans are now on 8 scallop staves in flag red with 175 (we added 80 that blend in so seamlessly) center tail lady am pheasant feathers in red from ZJomes.