| After the first pipe, I moved on to making a couple of fans. They're OK, I guess, for being simple, undecorated fans. No fluff, no beads, and I can't make twisted fringe right at all, so I didn't bother with these. |
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| The first fan I made was the Wing Fan. The feathers are quite a bit longer than the second. This one was made by taking a block of wood (cut from the foot of the poor chair that has been used for a couple pipes, and the pipe stand), and whittling it down quite a bit. I drilled holes in the top, put the feathers in (I don't remember if I glued them or not, they were quite tight as it was), and then covered the whole thing with some scrap buckskin. |
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| The handle on the Wing Fan was kind of bulky, so I decided to try a 'Flat Fan' using a different method. OK, it isn't a very good flat fan... I even used an EVEN number of feathers (though I kind of like the fork it makes in the fan). This method was done by taking another similar block of wood, and cutting it to half the thickness. Then one end was cut even thinner, to make a large indent where the feathers would rest. They were pinned in place and then hot-glued. The hot glue was built up to the height of the rest of the handle, smoothed out, and then the whole thing covered in scrap buckskin. |
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| Since I don't really want to do beading, it's ok that these aren't prettied up like that. I would like to learn to do twisted fringe though. Sure, I've READ all about how to do it, but I haven't gotten the hang of it yet. All the feathers for these fans were donated by local Canadian Geese, who just drop them all over the place. I've picked up quite a few over the past month! |
