Rip Hopkins — Plumassiers
In echo with the exhibition « Haute voltige, works in feathers by Maxime Leroy »
Exhibition from May 24 to November 12, 2023
This exhibition reveals the world of feather makers who have entrusted the secrets of their trade to the photographer Rip Hopkins.
Hardly known among to the general public, feather makers remain discreet and stay in the shadows; for reasons of modesty and preservation of their precious craftsmanship, handed down from generation to generation, often within the same family.
Rip Hopkins takes us to South Africa, the origin of ostrich feathers, which have ever been present since the birth of the profession, before going back up the chain via France, England, Belgium and Italy, as he met people.
His images illustrate many ways and techniques used in feather work, whether it is a military hat feather, a cabaret boa, a bed duvet or a hackle – wrapping a feather around a hook to make a dry fly that will float on the surface of the water to catch a trout.
From now on, master feather makers are craftsmen of an ancestral art working mainly with feathers in the service of luxury, dancers’ dresses and unique pieces of great designers.
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