Saint John the Evangelist (New Spain, 17th century), feather mosaic and paper on copper (Collection Daniel Liebsohn, all images courtesy Himer Verlag unless indicated) Cover of ‘Images Take Flight: ...

“I will keep a chicken in my studios," said the renowned South Carolina bird carver Grainger McKoy. The artist was examining one of his wooden roosters on display in "Recovery in Flight: The ...

“Total strangers have been sending me pictures of feathers,” says Phoenix artist Alexandra Bowers. Recently, she put out the call to community members, inviting them to send her photographs of random ...

In Qing dynasty China, artisans augmented decorative pieces by incorporating iridescent kingfisher feathers—a technique known as tian-tsui. Scientists at Northwestern University’s Center for ...

Chris Maynard’s fascination with feathers started in childhood. He still has the first ones he collected during a trip to the zoo with his grandpa. The avian anatomical flight structures gave him a ...