We find feathers in headgear, clothing and accessories, but above all also in various ritual objects in order to imbue them with greater power and protection.

For the ancient Egyptians, precision was symbolised by a feather that served as a weight on the scales on which souls were weighed. In Native American tradition, feathers, a symbol of wisdom, allowed a man to communicate with someone far away in a dream, thanks to cuts made on them. In India, the feather has also always been considered a symbol of eternal love.

For the natives, feather art is seen as an extension of the wearer’s body. Among the Palikur, the wing feathers of the Arara Canga are considered to be of great power and are widely used in numerous objects to ward off evil influences.

The indigenous Kaapor people make a large headdress of yellow feathers, the prototype of which is said to have been given to them by the creator heroine Maíra as a symbol of the Sun, used in festivals with male names.

The Tapirapé create a wooden mask covered in macaw and falcon feathers, representing the spirit of the enemy killed in combat, used in celebrations honouring them.

The magnificent Kroco ti headdress of the Kayapós symbolises the village itself. The blue feathers, placed in the centre, represent the square, which is the male and public place par excellence, while the peripheral red feathers represent the female and domestic world.

White feathers, representing the forest, are placed as a finish.

In every part of the world, feathers have been attributed magical powers, transferred to the individual sporting them. They are considered messages and messengers from the World Above. They are light, almost ineffable, and represent the ability to fly. They are considered an evolution of the scales of primordial reptiles, emphasising the unity between heaven and earth, making them even more magical. The feather is not simply a part of a bird’s coat that separates, but represents much more. For ancestral peoples, it symbolised trust, honour, strength, wisdom, power, freedom and much more. Receiving a feather was equivalent to being chosen from among the other members of the tribe. There were different ways of receiving a feather: sometimes it was possible to find it along one’s path, as a gift and message from the spirits, from the living Cosmos; at other times, they were gifts from by people in the community. This represented an extremely important gift, a gesture that could never be taken lightly. When we encounter a feather on our path, it may therefore indicate an important message from the subtle worlds.

Feathers and nature are a great source of inspiration for us, their strong symbolism linked to spirituality and the connection to subtle worlds makes us travel through time and space. Creating accessories with hand-cut feathers one by one then becomes therapeutic, moving your hands to shape such important elements as feathers is like moving your soul creatively; letting go of the repetitive rhythm of cutting makes you enter a true meditative state, thus entering other worlds and infusing each feather with lightness and creative energy.

This is what we want to convey and give to every person who wears one of our feathered creations: a dream, a journey an experience.