mini feather jackets by jane edden

’29 lockheed F-94 starfire’ 2012 by jane edden bird feathers and resin in perspex case 8.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm / 3½ x 2¾ x 2 inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

english artist jane edden has created a series of miniature jackets fabricated from plumage that investigate our attitudes towards nature and the intention behind our consumption of natural materials. each sculpture is assembled from hundreds of tiny feathers to build a collection that explores an intersection between avian and human. edden informs her work based on the role of the feather in human adornment evident in tribal, sacred, ritual, military and fashion setting – displaying the pieces using the method traditional to the way animals are collected, classified and catalogued with scientific systems and nomenclature. the artwork is on show through to the 26th of january, 2013 at flowers galleryin london.

’18 alliance P.2 seabird’ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 6.5 x 8 x 5 cm / 2¾ x 3¼ x 2 inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’25 curtiss no.1 gold bug/golden flyer’ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 15.5 x 11 x 10 cm / 6¼ x 4½ x 4 inimage  © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’26 planet satellite’bird feathers and resin in perspex case 10 x 11 x 10 cm / 4 x 4½ x 4 inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’22 robin DR.400-108 dauphin 80′ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 6 x 6 x 5 cm / 2½ x 2½ x 2 inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’05 robin DR400′ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 5 x 6 x 4 cm / 2 x 2½ x 1¾ inimages © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’12 westland weasel’ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 7 x 10 x 10 cm / 3 x 4 x 4 inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’28 gloster gamecock’bird feathers and resin in perspex case 8 x 7 x 4 cm / 3¼ x 3 x 1¾ inimages © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’27 short springbok’bird feathers and resin in perspex case 7 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm / 3 x 4¼ x 2 inimages © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’16 noble hardman snowbird MK.IV’ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 6 x 10 x 4 cm / 2½ x 4 x 1¾ inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’06 CMC leopard’ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 5 x 5 x 4 cm / 2 x 2 x 1¾ inimage © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’17 grumman F4F martlet’ bird feathers and resin in perspex case 14 x 10 x 4 cm / 5¾ x 4 x 1¾ inimage  © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london

’19 republic F-105 thunderchief ‘bird feathers and resin in perspex case 8 x 13 x 4 cm / 3¼ x 5¼ x 1¾ inimage  © jane edden, courtesy flowers gallery, london