Chris Maynard is obsessed with feathers. The artist, based in Olympia, Wash., thinks feathers show “life’s perfection,” in the way that they overlap and contour to a bird’s body. “Their complexity as ...

ONE of the most dazzling tidbits in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s big show “The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820” is enshrined in a gallery devoted to silver. A richly ornamented chalice made ...

The 19th century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins paid homage to the kingfisher’s brilliant plumage in his poem “As Kingfishers ...

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: ...

Painted onto elegant swan quills, these beautiful examples of feather-art really are fit for a Queen. Painstakingly created by English artist Ian Davie, each individual piece painted over the royally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Birds of Vermont Museum wants people to send them bird art for their 2022 "Fine Feathers" art show. The museum is not ...

Early last month Tlingit artist Archie Cavanaugh had a bit of shock when a U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer came to his door, telling him he could be charged with a felony because he tried to sell two ...

Chris Maynard remembers being in the third grade, looking out of a bus window and contemplating the universe, when he began to hyperventilate. His class was on its way back from a field trip where he ...

Award-winning Tlingit carver Archie Cavanaugh is still reeling from federal charges that threatened to imprison him for 10 years and impose a $100,000 fine—all because he put feathers on his work.