Black Feather Bracelet
Interwoven cotton ribbon, buttons, and metal lobster hook clasps.
Based on "Black Feather" by K. Tempest Bradford
My story is based on three different folktales I read as a teenager: The Six Swans, The Seven Ravens, and The Twelve Brothers. In each of these stories a sister has to save her brothers who were transformed into birds. The conditions set for her in each are slightly different, but one that is common to all stories is that she has to sew shirts for each of her siblings to wear. The Six Swans is probably most memorable of the versions because she doesn’t quite finish the shirt for her youngest brother and he spends the rest of his life with a huge wing for an arm. I always pictured the shirts as the white, button down variety–very clean and crisp and simple.
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