A gift from the sky

Several weeks ago, my flatmate texted me that she found a pigeon on the street, right in front of our front door. I was out for groceries, and when I came back, I took the bird inside to examine it.

It was a young common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) that probably crashed into a window, fell down and broke it's neck.

There I possess no taxidermy skills whatsoever, so I decided to make the best out of this bird. I've always had the wish to dry a bird's wings, so this was my opportunity! I clipped the wings off the bird, pinned them down on a piece of cardboard, salted the flesh and waited. Patiently.

Last week, they were fully dried. I took them off the cardboard and brushed the excessive salt off the dried flesh.

They make perfect smudge wings, don't you think?

Catch your dreams!

About two years ago, I decided I wanted to make my own dreamcatcher and bought the necessities. Metal rings, string and beads remained unused in a drawer for far to long.

But today, I finished it. I'm so happy with the result, it turned out exactly as I had pictured  it!

The dreamcatcher is made of jute string, cotton lacing, tooled wooden beads, buffalo bone beads and kestrel feathers. And now: let's dream nice dreams!

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