{"id":195171,"date":"2023-01-20T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/?post_type=serie&p=195171"},"modified":"2023-02-21T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:01:40","slug":"le-monde-des-plumes-2022-2","status":"publish","type":"serie","link":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/serie\/le-monde-des-plumes-2022-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The world of feathers, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Le monde des plumes,<\/strong> 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Rip Hopkins<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Feathers become instruments of knowledge, travel, and openness to the world, but also a rediscovery of the treasures of the craft. From feather duster to haute couture, to fishing and taxidermy, the traveling feather crosses continents.<\/p>\n

Originally, feathers on Mayan headdresses were a symbol of peace, an art form later imported by Christopher Columbus to Europe. In full expansion, feathers were found on the hats of the Sun King’s nobility. In the 19th century, feather makers dressed the dancers of the Folies Berg\u00e8res… Although less prevalent today, the feather industry continues to exist and is used in a variety of fields ranging from the useful to the spectacular, from the ordinary to the striking.<\/p>\n

The interconnectedness of the feather industry reflects its complexity and rich history: from ostrich farms in South Africa to feather workshops in Belgium, this world of feathers involves many global players; France, Italy, the United Kingdom… The artisans have often worked in family businesses for generations and have all witnessed first-hand the evolution of the world of the feather, a microcosm that has been disrupted by globalization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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However, this work reveals a world that is still very much alive, active, and plural, striving to preserve this ancestral practice. Feathers can be found in our comforters and comforter covers, as well as in fishing flies… Some contemporary artists also manipulate feathers; Koen Vanmechelen uses feathers from chickens, parrots, peacocks, eagles, owls, ostriches, vultures. A lively, flamboyant, metaphorical work; the feather as a work of art and a metaphor for society.<\/p>\n

The feather is meticulously crafted in a complex and tedious work: selection of feathers, washing, degreasing, dyeing, curling, assembly… Nowadays, 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 couturiers. Stage costumes, high-end clothing, born of a unique know-how that declines the feather with great art, precious meticulousness and infinite delicacy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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