Next, I get to work on the wings. I have several black coque (rooster tail) feathers I want to use as the main part of the wings. I sculpt a basic frame over the wing wires with epoxy clay, and insert the long coque feathers right into the clay. When the clay cures, the feathers were well secured.
I use a whole lot of smaller black feathers (some more of the neck hackle feathers I used on the ruff, and also some marabou feathers here and there) to cover the rest of the wing framework. I just glue these feathers on, layering them so that each layer of feathers hides the glued ends of the previous layer.
The last step is to give them cloaks. The cloaks are nothing more than large rectangles of fabric that I hemmed and sewed up around their necks. I add little tiny broaches made of epoxy clay, as well, and paint them with metallic paint so they’ll look like silver. That finishes off the figures, and now all I have to do is glue the pegs into the wooden base and paint it black.
Finally, here’s the picture of “Hugin and Munin” that appears in my Epilogue gallery, posed together on their wooden base.
I hope you’ve found this demo helpful! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me and I’ll do my best to answer.
Article by Amy L. Rawson.
