Passerines (Songbirds)
Each sculpture is one-of-a-kind. Pieces are individually sculpted using hand cut and tinted crêpe-paper feathers. All are created from paper feathers over individually-shaped foam and paper-mâché bodies, wire legs, sculpted claws and beaks, and taxidermy glass eyes.
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera 2013
Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii 2011
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis 2011
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon 2011
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus 2011
American Robin
Turdus migratorius 2011
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Vidua regia 2011
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum 2010
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus 2010
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus 2010
Purple Martin
Progne subis 2010
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina 2010
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla 2010
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica 2009
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis 2009
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna 2008
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans 2008