Wild Turkey Paintbrush
Wild Turkey Paintbrush
Paintbrushes made with Wild Turkey feathers, a hardwood handle with varying torched and untorched finishes, and a handcrafted brass ferrule. These are functional art objects. Use them to create unique marks with underglaze, watercolor, and ink.
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Rounded, made from the tip of a tail feather, resulting in a leaf like brush shape
Pointed, made from a center-clipping of a tail feather to form a long, thin striping style brush
Approximately 10” long
Hand wash with a gentle soap, reshape, and allow to dry. The handles are waxed and will occasionally require a reapplication of wax or oil, once fully dry.
About the turkey: Sage personally handled all of this wild turkey. It lived a wild life that was taken—but not without gratitude and intention. Not a single bit went to waste.
These are best used with thin mediums such as watercolor, inks, underglazes.
Disclaimer: If ordering from outside of Oregon, please become familiar with your area’s customs policies for importing products with wild, natural, or foraged materials (feathers) before ordering. By purchasing this item you are acknowledging that Hand + Fire, Sage Cortez is not responsible for lost and/or denied parcels due to customs requirements. For further information see FAQs + Policy.
Made by Sage Cortez, feathers ethically harvested
All H+F wooden items are made from fallen or salvaged Oregon hardwood. This means every paintbrush is entirely individual, bearing its own unique figuring, knots, texture, and grain.
About the turkey:
My partner, Josh, and I personally handled all of this wild turkey. It lived a wild life that was taken
-But not without gratitude and intention. Not a single bit went to waste.
I plucked its feathers and salted them-kept them for a year, waiting until I had good use for them. The meat was frozen, roasted, and put in our soups.
The bones we turned into broth. Left overs were rendered and added to our dogs’ homemade meals (I know I'm nuts, but I literally cook them a pot of their own food).
Anything we couldn't use, we "offered" back to the bears and coyotes and other animals that come down to the river near our home.—Sage
