FEATHERS! Gotta love art that involves the feather. And, cool thing, Native Americans and Caribbean people aren't the only folks who love feathers in art. So does African and Asian art. I've touched on Africans and feathers a little bit through carnival - in African culture the parading of cultural costume was big. But this isn't about feathers in African art, it's about feathers in Asian art. Like this piece by Takashi Hirata. Feather VII.
This feather piece is less about where it came from and more about what it can do. Quills are big with Asian art, being that they are the indisputable masters of ink. Hirata's lithograph successfully translates the simple but distinct texture of the feather. His scratches and blots show the differences in what it can do.
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