Loosely inspired by a story in the Mabinogion where a woman initially created out of flowers is eventually transformed into an owl. You might have come across this story in Alan Garner’s “Owl Service”. This large piece consists of a body defined by leaves. The figure has an owl’s face and owl’s wings

The pieces are initially laminated over a mould separately and then glued together to make up the shape of the body. The wings are a combinations of Ash veneers for the lighter feathers and Ovangkoi feathers barred with Smoked Oak. The wings are assembled using piano wire where the feathers don’t overlap.

The wings flap and there is also some movement in the limbs.

Each feather has angled book-matched veneers. In the case of the Ash feathers this is continuous, with the darker feathers, the Ovangkoi is interspersed with stripes of Smoked Oak, creating the barred effect of an owl’s wing.