Maria Donnai

Maria Donnai
Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK

A single feather made using a modified pate de verre process. This work was part of a project called the "essence of birdness". I wanted to capture the beauty and fragility of birds in glass. It was made by casting a real feather and carefully packing the mold with glass powder before firing to an exact temperature to fuse the glass powder but retain the detail of the feather.

Dimensions: 10 x 2 inches