Eagle Feather Fan VLOG & (kind of) Tutorial

[@codygeewin5166]

Love the Disclaimer!!!.. need more of those for Native traditional artists!!.. NATIVE INDEPENDENCE!!!

[@wheepingwillow24u17]

THIS IS FANTASTIC, YOU DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB, I CAN SEE YOU'RE NOT A QUITTER, THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORIAL. EXCELLENT.

[@samantha7449]

Thank you for this! I just started dancing again after 15 years and am currently making my regalia. This has been such a blessing for people like me, who don’t live in an area or have as many people that can teach me how to make pieces of my regalia. 💜💜

[@codygeewin5166]

Just a pointer to help... Use a fly fishing spool threader..it looks like a wish bone.. that way you can really pull on your work and get very detailed... Just a suggestion... That's what I use.... Hope that helps

[@Woodsie.]

❤❤❤❤ Trial and error is apart of the learning process. I'm so happy you finished it and were able to share your beautiful fan. It looks amazing, great work! Happy dancing 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

[@rhondajo7822]

❤❤❤ Chelsey, thank you for allowing us to share in this sacred act of creating your eagle feather fan. I love this little peek into your life as a young Indigenous woman, wife and mother. Personally, I am flabbergasted that your little ones allowed you so much uninterrupted time!! As an artist and writer, my children were always needing our wanting something right at the most critical points. And, I loved to hear the sweet voices of your children in the background. If you ever decide to help your little ones make their own fans, I would love to watch the video with my 5 year old grandson. Also, I hope you will create a video of you dancing at your first PowWow. I am interested to know how the experience expands your spiritual relationship and enriches your life. How will it improve your role as a mother? I berks we all need to plant ourselves deeply in our roots of spiritual connection to the Divine Source. I am very impressed with the beautiful craftsmanship and your commitment to creating the finest, most beautiful fan. Will you create another one? Wouldn't that be a lovely, life-affirming present for someone special on the occasion of their own first PowWow? I love your sense of humor. And I love that your husband is so supportive of you. You have such a beautiful energy and an inner light that makes this world a more hopeful place. Blessings be upon you Dear One. ❤

[@Shimeanimation]

liohbwana, chelsey! these teachings are as important as the ones handed down from our ancestors, some of us don't get to be involved in our culture so much. Reviving it is the best we can do!

[@wawasmokwe]

I'm so glad to have found your video! I have held onto my Eagle feathers (but not been able to use the number of them I have) for YEARS because I've been too scared to make a fan, and it's been difficult to find good instruction. But the time has come! I appreciate you sharing your mistake, as I was struggling with understanding feather placement with the curves. Thank you so much for your humor and sharing. I feel more confident to take on this project! Miigwetch!

[@FishesAndLoaves997]

Its Gorgeous!! True Artisans really appreciate the heart & soul that goes into making their pieces.

[@lauriekolbywest9045]

Thank you, this helped me a lot. I have been searching how to make a prayer fan. I really appreciate the time, care, and research you put into this. Thank you again!

[@lenz40]

your fan looks great, i love the thread work, i make my own fans for dancing, however i don't do thread-work or plume-work, i actually use plastic pony beads and from a distance they do look like thread-work, I'm planning on making a video on how i make my fans if your interested, but again you did a fabulous job, and your feathers are beautiful

[@ChelseyMoon]

Yes I’ve seen your fan! I love it. Let me know when your video comes out!

[@shannonmisquadis]

Miigwech for sharing your talents and gifts with us.

[@18sixty46]

Very nice! Thank you for fixing the feathers ,i was yelling no no no lol (like you could hear me),when you 1st showed your idea the feathers were in the wrong order.glad josh explained it to you. Very helpful

[@missmetildatorez]

Aw, I love your videos. It's so hard to find indigenous KZbinrs!

[@marylibcke7931]

My dad introduced me to your fan making skills and you are awesome!

[@Saugeen29]

Chelsey, your fan turned out beautiful!!! Even though you had a mistake which happens, we are humans and we learn from our mistakes but that didn't deter you from redoing it over. I'm proud of you, great job!!👍❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BronzeBarbie23]

Just came across this. And this is the cutest and best video I’ve ever seen! One thing I learned to remind myself constantly is when it comes to powwow regalia work is don’t worry about how it looks up close because nobody at the pw is ever looking that close to your outfit, beadwork or feather work. Lol you did such a great job. Thanks for this video! I love it & learned so much!

[@CaroBetti]

Hey Chelsea, your fan is very beautiful and i am pride of you too! (however if i do not know you 😉) .

[@debbiimcculloch8925]

Just beautiful!! Sometimes we learn as we go. Trial and error. My grandfather passed when I was 10 and I never met any if his family. He chose to live as a french Canadian instead of sharing his beautiful Native American heritage and beliefs with his kids and grandkids. It saddens me but I believe he must have had his reasons. I hope you had a wonderful time at your virtual powwow. Many blessings to you. 💗

[@lydiaf.3044]

I understand very well what you mean but at the same time I have native blood in my lineage. I have family from the Mic Maq tribe in Canada. I was raised to be extremely proud of this lineage even if it comes way down. Many do not understand that it is not because your parents or grandparents are native that your ancestors are not your pride. It is my pride. I take it as a great privilege. We have been taught that our great great great grandmothers were courageous women with knowledge that were passed down. I am a medium and communicate with them. I take that more seriously than many that are pure blood without being disrespectful. Namaste .

[@fionahoey6922]

That was so much fun to watch. I love it when people are perfectionists and fix their mistakes learning as they go. Thank you for sharing!! You made such a beautiful fan.

[@alyssam8832]

This turned out amazing, especially since this is your first time making one. You’re such a talented person.

[@APACHE888able]

Ahe’ee Sister... Very much appreciated indeed.. Walk in Beauty and Gratitude..

[@raeraed7147]

I think it’s awesome your teaching us. bc there no one to teach me and this is how I learn

[@rheannackabee5519]

I appreciate the work you're doing on here , Chi Miigwetch !!

[@blackcitroenlove]

I did my redtail hawk fan the same way--washi tape, clearcoat (the brush-on kind) to hold it in place, and E6000 adhesive to hold the feathers in place. I figured if it could hold on auto body parts, it'll hold up for powwow! I even use the stuff to rubberise my moc soles.

[@brandon7482]

Did you cut the quills on the feathers for your fan? Iam trying to make one now but am nervous about cutting the quills

[@blackcitroenlove]

@@brandon7482 I cut the bottom part off, but not all of the quills.

[@anthonywemigwans]

good job! thanks for the sharing your mistake and learner from it.. things to think about... miigwitch!!!

[@camryn0912]

Even though I’m finding this video a year after it was posted, i really appreciate the time and patience you took to provide an informative video. I am planning on making my own fan sometime soon and you really helped answer a lot of my questions!

[@jaewine4953]

It turned out amazing ❤

[@jessiedew9215]

I'm Ojibway from Canada I make fan's you did a good job Miigwetch (thank you)

[@maiden-eq4uv]

I’m Kiowa from Oklahoma. My son and I are going to send in our applications. They say it could take years to get the feathers depending on what you request. Since you make fans, do you have any recommendations on which eagle feathers to order to make two fans for ceremony. Thank you for any info.

[@jessiedew9215]

@@maiden-eq4uv I call bird sanctuaries the road departments and zoo's to get my Eagle feather as I do not want one killed for their feathers also in Canada we do not need to ask the Government for permission

[@lenz40]

Are you on Instagram?, I think I follow you, if so your feather work on your fans are stunning

[@tradionaldancer]

you did a wonderful job, your colors are beautiful I love the work that you did, I put my own Eagle fan together and danced with it at our pow-wow here, I hope that I get to watch another video from you in the future.

[@sherontonips2157]

Just a friendly Comanche here 🤝 looks real kéén ura for the videos ive been watching from oklahoma

[@tangerinerisberg2016]

Thank you so much! You are so personable and real. I am grateful you made this video teaching me how to do this.

[@jayebaker9707]

Kutâputush for sharing. I was gifted with a bunch of Turkey feathers and wanted to make some fans and jewelry using my feathers.

[@henzcarltupas328henzcarltu2]

Hi 👋 new viewer from Philippines 🇵🇭 . An eagle feather should never be left contaminated with dust. The eagle feather should also never dropped the ground since that's disrespectful in native American culture. I like the end result of your eagle feather fan.

[@brumbyfreedom329]

Chelsey looks wonderful! Love your personality X

[@shakiraoar7887]

Thank you so much, I’m a jingle dancer and I needed to make my own beautiful fan🤍I appreciate it! It’s so hard to find a fan or someone to teach me 🪶💕

[@nicolehouse6644]

I appreciate you. I learned my first ribbon skirt from your videos ♥️♥️♥️

[@sixgunsally2]

Shout out to the Wandering Bull!! I only live a town away from them ❤ Totally where I got my fan handle as well. My heart dropped when you said you had to take it apart... Just know, it came out beautifully!!

[@blackcitroenlove]

They saved my butt at the last Mohegan Wigwam Festival lol...I had to get a replacement set of deer hair cones ASAP from them because of a "wardrobe malfunction." Love them

[@cindyhorn900]

Turned out awesome,you should be proud of it being your first one.

[@oliviahart7983]

Good job! What a lesson you learned here - as an ARTIST- these things will happen

[@jenniferflorio3233]

Even though this might be your first time you did an awesome awesome job with the threading! Looks gorgeous

[@lboales9944]

Life is for learning hun. Now you know, it looks good and is fabulous, now that you are happy with it, and only you will know about the long path you took.

[@tracybird4547]

That was a fabulous tutorial! Thanks ❤

[@blackcitroenlove]

E6000 automotive adhesive works well too, they started selling it in craft sections it's that good.

[@midnitewaterchief]

Your fan came out really nice! Thanks for sharing!

[@AveGoddess]

Great Job! Keep up the GORGEOUS work! My brother makes fans & he wants me to help him & I've seen him do I'm interested in learning more cause hes very "secretive" of his worl, lol. thanks for the upload!💚🤟💜💝🦅🕊

[@judithcontreras658]

Chelsey you just gave me a great idea with the spoon! thank you

[@destinymiller8025]

Beautiful fan for first timer🙂

[@quantumsoulsjourney888]

Creator gifted me a whole Hawk and a Pheasant for my healing business and I'm not native but I know I was in past lives so I feel drawn to building one regardless. Thanks for the video! Alberta 🇨🇦

[@onlyAngil]

Oh, goodness never mind the thread work there is a lot of that under fly fishing... FEATHER WORK... Please, please, please make a tutorial for this.

[@raeraed7147]

Thanks for the videos don’t know how I would learn

[@Coweta_Curios]

Great video, thanks for the info. I have a Falcon feather fan to make but am still afraid to use my feathers as they are very important to me and do not want to make a mistake!!! Yakoke!

[@Chastanetwork]

Thank you so much for this tutorial ❤❤❤

[@beadoholic]

Although you had flaws omg wish I could make one just like you!

[@Wonkayourwilly]

Can you do the video of the florette work please ❤ really appreciate your videos!

[@walwilekashturnbull5712]

Thank you for your video. I'm making my regalia for the first time (coming home to my Modoc roots) and it's so helpful to have videos to show how to do it since my Native side of the family is basically ignoring their heritage... ☹️ Well not all thankfully because my great aunt made sure my whole life that I never forget my native ancestry and that always meant a lot to me so here I am, trying to recover my heritage. I'm trying to learn how to make the feather plume hairpiece (women's regalia) and I'll be beading my headband soon also. I'd be super-thrilled to find a video on how to make those (though I've been beading for a few years now so it's more the structural how-to that I haven't figured out yet). Please let me know if you have a video for that. Thanks!

[@walwilekashturnbull5712]

Also thanks to your helpful video I've started my first feather fan! I'm trying to figure out how to make it look like what the west coast tribes are doing since it's a bit different from the plains or East Coast nations.

[@Chipito2005]

Hello I'm an indigenous Maya person this helped me with making mine. I used macaw feathers for mine since macaws are symbolic birds for our people along side the quetzel. The Macaw in our creation story used to be the sun and would reflect the light upon the land with it's feathers.

[@CJArabia]

I'm gonna do it! Thanks

[@tammybowering2319]

Hello Thank yoy for your knowledge and sharing. How big are the dowels in circumference?

[@mancruz86]

When I cut braches or dowels, for such things, I use pruning shears.

[@dr.terrye.mcdonald5927]

Thank you - I like your fan and the video.

[@Oracle_444]

I loved your video

[@jacquelineswaff3928]

To straighten your feathers use a lightbulb, lay it on a lightbulb 💡

[@jimgeorge6220]

It Looks very nice.

[@mindymindus4898]

I think its beautiful

[@carollimpy6888]

Very helpful I been wanting to fix a HAWK fan

[@teashot3344]

Yasssssss Kwuueeeen! Fan looks amazing!

[@annarose3285]

i'm Potawatomi Native American

[@cameliad3522]

I remind you that even Natives must have an authorization to own feathers. It all depends on the repository situated in Colorado.

[@peachfuzz2865]

Hello, beautiful work can i ask a question, what thread are you using for the threading?

[@davidonzahwah3777]

i use a hair straightener to make the feathers straight.

[@davidonzahwah3777]

u can buy kits of crazy crow website.

[@dawnramos4723]

How do you start change and stop different color threads

[@maliacompo6323]

thank you for sharing this i was just going to buy a fan but making it myself will make it more personalized. can you show how to make plume feathers?

[@lenz40]

I once bought a fan and my aunt got so mad at me saying” we do not buy our fans, fans are gifts/earned though ceremony”, we can also traditionally trade for feathers as well, when I got the fan it was taken away and I was told to earn it, I hope you receive the feathers from creator instead of buying them as a lot of people frown upon it, it was a huge wake up call for me as I try to walk the traditional/modern way

[@pinguinoramirez8728]

I understand everyone's preference for e6000 but I feel like it's easier to work with aileen's tacky glue. My oldest fan is about 8 years and it has not come apart yet but I don't dance, just ceremony use.

[@dalewilson908]

Awesome :)

[@Pualleng]

❤

[@MissSkittlestar]

Wish I had one but can never find enough to make one

[@fantasticalclark1064]

Did you do anything such as fasting or/and smudging after you received the feathers from the repository? If so, how long did you fast for, was it a berry only diet, did you have a ceremony?

[@wynonatucker1437]

Still waiting for those feather work/thread work videos girl ;)

[@catbriggs8362]

Where do you source the feathers? (Beautiful work!)

[@carmenlaswisse6762]

It looks good

[@SalemRose503]

I wonder if washi tape would work as well as masking tape for wrapping 🤔

[@eugenephillips8726]

Looks awesome...beautiful..sista..

[@Garysopinion]

you are trying. A true warrior! I make some dance articles for my Cherokee wife. Do want any plastic or metal. Use precolonial models, which you may see in museums even online. Still not a copy. She picks her materials from a collection of stock items from the forest.... Also there is one tradition to use in indigenous crafts, with something from the animal world, something from the botanical world and something form the earth.

[@onlyAngil]

Please do a thread work tutorial! 💞

[@videlenick8752]

You probably already said this.. but where did you get your feathers ??

[@adrianosbeleso1815]

Nice fan indeed

[@daisy73e]

Please help with a tutorial for feather floret work????

[@scasey1960]

I’m indigenous to the US. I was born in NY.

[@jolynnrandee]

so recently i bought an imitation eagle feather, is it okay if i were to use it on my head?

[@Certified_Art_Teacher]

Where did you get the colorful feathers? Also, I read that nail polish works well as a gloss to the thread work. Thank you for this vid!

[@Iamcuvi]

I made with real golden eagle feathers it looks really valuable

[@adelaine4404]

can i just bead in a replacement of thread work? i have no idea how to do that kind of work

[@davidonzahwah3777]

freakin rad!

[@fragranceofsound]

This is a question just about fixing a broken feather in the middle who's shaft is covered in suede and bound with thread. Do you have a go to method?

[@priscillalimon9749]

Nice, where do you get your Eagle feathers and handle??

[@MegaByron1970]

Left wing and right wing👍

[@MindOfAMiracle]

Exquisite ♡

[@Elc0chin0]

Thank you for the video. I think you could have left out a few of your editorials but then that wouldn't make it your video. Your fan is beautiful it is yours you made it with your hands and your ideas. It is yours. I would have suggested you use hot glue instead of the wood filler. Also the glue to put on the black leather, my recommendation is to use 3m spray glue or a contact cement. I would prefer the contact cement but the 3m is pretty much the same in a spray. I would have also, since you are good with a needle, stiched the black parts together. But then you always have next time and from what I can see you may have an opportunity to make more for others. You're color schemes are natural and your sense of symmetry is very good. I'm am more of a raw natural. The feather fans I've seen in museums are pretty raw. The feathers I find along the road are from birds I'm not sure of what species I just pick up what I can find that are of interest. I try to straighten them put the like ones together and try to keep it as symmetrical as possible but also with a very raw native look rather than a commercial look. In my opinion, and this is only my opinion as I am not a "registered Native American" I am only one who appreciates the culture, the commercial beauty that has bestowed many off the Native culture is part of the indoctrinated white culture. I'm not saying that is bad but it looks like something in a GAP or American Eagle commercial.