Self- evlauation

For the total cost of 141.66, I am pleased with the overall look of my model as the use of brass metal shows that the item is a piece of jewelry, without the image of the original on show. I believe that brass sheets were effective and layer up well, though I knew there would be areas where the viewer cannot see the metal's surface underneath the feathers and overlapping plates. For a highly polished finish, I would like to use gold solder and wire if I were to make the object again. Perhaps an overall cheaper option for this project would be to make another Kingfisher hair piece with Silver backing. By cutting aluminium by hand and using regular solder, the project would have become less focused on the finish of the metal work, and more about the feather enamelling. I feel that making a smaller piece would have allowed me to try the technique of laying individual feather filaments alongside each other, to fill a much smaller area. However, by simply chopping all the feathers into square shapes and laying them out in diagonals across the plates, the mosaic effect in the original is achieved. This is evident in some places in my model, though I was inconsistent by laying the larger feathers in swirling patterns to the shape of the plate. I believe that the use of real Kingfisher feathers was appropriate to the function of the object by accurately representing the colour and sheen of the original. Though I have found sources discouraging the use of Kingfisher feathers in Jewelery, I believe that this was the most accurate method to convey the issue discussed in my back board and therefore, should be suitable for use in educational models. After all, if it is legal to buy Kingfisher feathers for Fly fishing and craft purposes, many people can easily get hold of them without considering where the Kingfishers have come from and if they are endangered.