I went for a walk in the Park this morning, for a change and I found lots of nice Canada Goose feathers. So many in fact that I decided to make a feather smudge fan.
I did a quick look on pinterest and found a method that seems to be working well.
I did a quick layout on my desk, sorting the feathers into left and right and then using a piece of modeling clay, I stuck my feathers in it in a fan shape. Largest feathers in the back and smaller in the front, I then hot glued all of them together.
Hot!
After the fan had dried for a bit, I went back in and added a few fluffy black and white feathers and a few peacock feathers, only the side skinny feathers, not the eyes. I ran out of hot glue
so I used other stuff for gluing jewels. It should work, I hope. I'm waiting for the glue to dry completely before I take the fan out of the clay.
For a handle, I am using one of the wands that I made a while ago. It turned out to be too slender for my liking but it is made and decorated and I do not want to see it go to waste. The wand will give the fan an extra Air Element and it will be a little more magickal. I still have to add some charms, beads maybe. I will be binding it all together with leather thongs,
I still have to scavenge a few more things, I hope it turns out. It would be a shame if it exploded while I was smudging.