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Now that the feather is scored it’s time to make the three dimensional spine. Take your hot glue gun and starting from one end or the other, follow the center mark you made all the way up or down leaving a line of hot glue. This replicates the spine of a feather.

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Once the hot glue has cooled, take your acrylic paint and give your feather a light coat, covering the hot glue spine you just made. Make sure to go along the grain of the marks you made down the feather. Allow this to dry.

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Now it’s time to lay in the first layer of iridescent pigments. The colors in this tutorial are those typically seen in crow/raven feathers. You can use whatever colors suit your needs, but make sure you pick one color to be your base color and start with that one. Using one of your paint brushes, lightly streak the pigments on and blend out.

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Next give your feather a light coat of the gloss Mod Podge, painting it on from the spine and outward and allow to dry. Don’t panic when this mutes the brightness of the iridescent pigments! That’s okay!

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Now, for the second layer of iridescent pigments. Apply this coat the same way as the first one. Note, due to the stickiness of the Mod Podge, you’ll have to do a little extra brush work to blend out the pigments.

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