That's a great question and it depends on what you want from your fan! Think about the width of your open fan - do you want something that is 1ft or 3ft wide? We make our fans with the drabs, floss, and femina feathers. As Katie mentions, the most luxurious and flowy, will come from the femina. Femina will create the widest open fan, and give the biggest length of feathers. Floss gives fans a very whimsical look, and are not as thick and long as the femina. Drabs look beautiful with their more "structured" look than femina and floss, though still will have a flow to them. Drab feathers also come in a range of sizes, which can be helpful if you are making a smaller fan. Lastly, your staves will help you decide as well. Your feathers should extend past the staves and that will help determine what you need. We have another video on fan making and you can also look on our website to see the difference between these three. Hope that helps and happy fan making!
Great question! We would recommend the Drab plumes, but its also up to your price point. Femina plumes would be the high end, and Damaged plumes would be the low end. Figuring out what size plumes you need would depend on the diameter of the lamp tree. For instance, the smallest of the Drabs varies from 4-8inches, the next size up is 9-12inches, then 13-16inches, and then 17in and up. So if using 4-8in plumes, your lamp tree could have a 8 to 16inch diameter. We sell drabs in packages of 12 or 25 pieces as well as 1/4 lb. Thanks! featherplace.com/feather-types/ostrich/drabs.html
Hi Vanessa. It is very little difficult to make dyed feathers turn "white". Especially once they have a red base dye applied. In order to get ostrich feathers white is a pretty timely, and involved process of bleaching and degrading depending on how naturally dark the feather is to start. You stand the risk of damaging, or burning the feathers. Just like when you bleach hair, it's very difficult to remove dark colors to lighten without drying out or damaging the hair follicles. But with feathers, they are much more sensitive to standard hair bleaching products. Especially Ostrich feathers! How many white feathers are you wanting? We sell white in single quantities on our Etsy Store ZuckerFeatherPlace and in many different sizes.
Fun! It depends on how big Animal will be - that will determine length of ostrich you need and how much. You would be using the flue of the ostrich, and a good option for that might be purchasing our Ostrich Drab 17" and up. It comes as a single feather package and one or two of those might be enough for your project. Hope that helps! Feel free to call us if you have more questions. featherplace.com/feather-types/ostrich-feathers/ostrich-drabs/17-inch-drab-feathers/ostrich-drabs-dyed-b806-b806.html
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Super helpful video. I’m making a costume backpack for carnival and I needed this video for some insight. Thank you so much
You are so welcome! Good luck on your backpack :)
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Very informative, learn a great deal. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! : )
Which is best for making a hand held fan?
That's a great question and it depends on what you want from your fan! Think about the width of your open fan - do you want something that is 1ft or 3ft wide? We make our fans with the drabs, floss, and femina feathers. As Katie mentions, the most luxurious and flowy, will come from the femina. Femina will create the widest open fan, and give the biggest length of feathers. Floss gives fans a very whimsical look, and are not as thick and long as the femina. Drabs look beautiful with their more "structured" look than femina and floss, though still will have a flow to them. Drab feathers also come in a range of sizes, which can be helpful if you are making a smaller fan. Lastly, your staves will help you decide as well. Your feathers should extend past the staves and that will help determine what you need. We have another video on fan making and you can also look on our website to see the difference between these three. Hope that helps and happy fan making!
Which freathers work best for palm tree lamp like end table lamp or standing lamp S/M/L lamp feather sizes and how many
Great question! We would recommend the Drab plumes, but its also up to your price point. Femina plumes would be the high end, and Damaged plumes would be the low end. Figuring out what size plumes you need would depend on the diameter of the lamp tree. For instance, the smallest of the Drabs varies from 4-8inches, the next size up is 9-12inches, then 13-16inches, and then 17in and up. So if using 4-8in plumes, your lamp tree could have a 8 to 16inch diameter. We sell drabs in packages of 12 or 25 pieces as well as 1/4 lb. Thanks! featherplace.com/feather-types/ostrich/drabs.html
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I have pale pink but want white Ostrich feathers how can I lighten the pink to white
Hi Vanessa. It is very little difficult to make dyed feathers turn "white". Especially once they have a red base dye applied. In order to get ostrich feathers white is a pretty timely, and involved process of bleaching and degrading depending on how naturally dark the feather is to start. You stand the risk of damaging, or burning the feathers. Just like when you bleach hair, it's very difficult to remove dark colors to lighten without drying out or damaging the hair follicles. But with feathers, they are much more sensitive to standard hair bleaching products. Especially Ostrich feathers! How many white feathers are you wanting? We sell white in single quantities on our Etsy Store ZuckerFeatherPlace and in many different sizes.
how artificial colour for feather is made(typical colour for colouring?
I’m building animal from muppets, which ostrich feather type is should get
Fun! It depends on how big Animal will be - that will determine length of ostrich you need and how much. You would be using the flue of the ostrich, and a good option for that might be purchasing our Ostrich Drab 17" and up. It comes as a single feather package and one or two of those might be enough for your project. Hope that helps! Feel free to call us if you have more questions. featherplace.com/feather-types/ostrich-feathers/ostrich-drabs/17-inch-drab-feathers/ostrich-drabs-dyed-b806-b806.html
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Where can I purchase the ostrich femina?
Hi there! Check out our website, featherplace.com Thanks! featherplace.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=ostrich+femina
Are feathers from all shops,not just Yours,recycled from meat industry not to be trash?