Barred Turkey Feathers — Texture and Pattern Study, Paris

5 October 2017 · Paris

Hundreds of barred turkey feathers laid in parallel rows, filling the frame edge to edge. The tan-and-dark striping repeats with near-mechanical precision, yet every quill frays slightly differently — pattern as a rule, and variation as the proof it was never quite a rule. Shot close enough that the feathers lose their object quality and become pure surface: warm ochre shafts against deep shadow, the barring running in diagonal waves across the composition. A natural history museum display reduced to geometry.