When birds migrate,
There will always be feathers falling from the sky,
What can feathers do?
Chris Maynard uses his works
Tell us the answer
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This is the feather of a dove
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This is a peacock feather
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This is the feather of an unknown bird
Feathers that no one cares about,
Under Maynard
It has become something ethereal and beautiful
A work of art that makes people endlessly reverie
Speaking of the story of Maynard and feathers,
Let’s start with his mother.
Maynard’s mother is a painter
Maynard has been encouraged to create since childhood
Especially working with a variety of materials
When I was 12 years old
Maynard visiting the zoo
Being amazed by the feathers of flamingos and peacocks
He stood there for a long time and refused to leave
The breeder thinks he is cute
I picked up some feathers for him
Let him take it home
This made Maynard very excited
Back home, Maynard used these feathers
Made a feather lampshade for my sister
Unexpectedly, the whole family was amazed
When he grew up, Maynard became a bird photographer
Specializes in photographing the feathers of various birds
When the bird spreads its wings, press the shutter
Capture the stunning moment and the layered beauty of feathers
One time when I was returning home, my father, an ophthalmologist, suddenly mentioned that
“Eye surgery requires extreme delicacy,
A small mistake may cause the patient to go blind,
Wandering in the patients eyes, as if walking on thin ice. ”
This sentence shocked Maynard
Feathers are also tiny
Why can’t you paint on feathers?
He brought a microscope
Wearing magnifying glasses
The world under the feathers instantly unfolded before his eyes
The tiny visible structures on feathers
Brilliant colors, rigorous stripes
Everything fascinates him
He thought that painting with feathers would be so beautiful
As soon as he got started, Maynard found that it was too difficult
The feathers are too light and thin, there is no way to apply force
But he didn’t give up
How many days and nights,
He picked up the carving knife and carved it carefully
Finally, I am familiar with the structure of feathers
You can paint on it freely
He went to the zoo during the day
Look for naturally shed feathers from birds in the wild
At night he would go into the studio and give life to these feathers
Feathers as light as gossamer
In his hands
Obviously carved into a warm picture
The subtleties are revealed
A few inconspicuous feathers
In this way he made a beautiful piece of art
He imagined behind every bird
Flying or jumping or quiet posture
Then show it with feathers
Under the fine carving knife
It all seems to come alive
Feathers span gender, age and culture
Behind every fallen feather
They all tell the story of the growth of birds
And every transformation
It’s all a process of warmth, growth, and transformation
I picked up all the feathers for my creation
Not a bird
Hurt because of his creation
Instead he brought the feathers back to life
At the end of 2012, Chris’s work was exposed on the Internet
Instantly causing people to go crazy
BBC, Huffington Post and other world-renowned media have reported on it
A single photo of his works has been downloaded an astonishing 1 million times on average
Being collected by people
Then Chris not only published books
Teach your creative experience
I also often go to major art museums
Share to kids for free
Stories about feathers, birds, growth and creation
Feathers that should have returned to dust
Resurrection in the hands of caring people
With the memory of flying
Become the most beautiful image in people’s hearts
There are always a small number of people in this world
Put the most inconspicuous things that you don’t care about
Become a wonderful and beautiful work of art
People will be amazed after seeing it
