flustered feathers

The feathers that i sourced from the farm are in my eyes not big enough so i brought some from the local art shop i wanted to use black ones to tie in with the colour theme of black tar but unfortunately black feathers were not an option so i managed to get some purple ones and brought some Dylon hand wash dye in an attempt to dye the feathers black after leaving them to soak for over 2 hours the feathers were still resisting the dye, so i had to determine another way to create my desired effect i experimented by using the same black gloss spray i had used earlier to paint the shadow of Cyprus.The effect was fantastic, once sprayed i moulded the feather when still wet whilst wearing protective gloves a placed on some non pigmented paper to dry upon seeing the result i continued to repeat this process with the remaining feathers and allow them to dry.

Once dried i trimmed the shafts of the feathers an filled with super glue and attached the pins again allowing them to set/dry.

I am not attaching the darts to their target board until i set up for the exhibition as i do not want to be left with visible hole and obviously transporting the work is a delicate operation.