It was an interesting process. I learnt a lot. I learnt how to soak hide, shape it, pack it with sand. I learnt the feel of it, making holes, sewing it together, working the handle into the holes. Although we did over two days so there was plenty of time for drying, I can imagine doing it even more slowly. I got to use a variety of tools and I now know what I need to get to do more and have some idea of what to do when I start...
My rattle turned out to have a forked handle, so it enters the head of the rattle in two places. The shape created by the fork and the head is lovely. Just below the join is a knot in the wood that looks suggestive. With all this going on, the rattle feels very feminine. Then it turned out that it had a bird head on the end.... I was talking with S this morning and we ended up thinking it might be a Thunderbird.
Energy, propulsion, the north. All good things for me.
I want to bead three white bands of delicas. at the joins as it were. I was also gifted some blue tit tail feathers. I might also use some blue duck wing feathers
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