GHIRLANDAIO'S LEDA AND THE SWAN Art Batts to Spin and Felt dec21 I created Peacock Feathers as

I created Peacock Feathers as an assigned pooling colorway using an actual peacock feather as the model

It's an Ikat colorway with long sections of dark red punctuated by short sections of two shades of green

and a generous amount of firestar and angelina for lots of shimmer

The colors are black

15% baby alpaca

GHIRLANDAIO'S LEDA AND THE SWAN Art Batts to Spin and Felt dec21 I created Peacock Feathers asThese art batts are inspired by Ghirlandaio's painting, Leda and the Swan. It's based in Greek mythology, and he painted it in 1560 at the height of the Renaissance. BATT FACTS Name: Leda and the Swan by Ghirlandaio Weight: 2 ounces Contents: 70% merino, 10% bamboo, 10% baby alpaca, 10% muga silk Carding Style: Layers of thin stripes carded once Uses: Spinning or Felting (80% feltable fibers)