There’s something totally gorgeous about layered feathers, especially when they’re long and graceful. I wanted to create a design that celebrated this look, so turned to the Nicobar pigeon for inspiration. The Nicobar pigeon is quite colorful–and gave me different feather shapes to work with.

Check out these layered feathers inspired by a very colorful Nicobar pigeon.

And of course, I wasn’t happy with just one colorway; I wanted to offer more, so I created a series of eight monochromatic designs based on the original.

Navy Blue

Orange

Lilac

Plum

Rose

Teal

Gold

Green

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