Interfictions Auction 20 - Bracelet Based On “Black Feather” by the author

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Button Down by K Tempest Bradford

Bracelet with interwoven cotton ribbon, buttons, and metal lobster hook clasps. Click the images for hi-res versions.

This bracelet is the creation of K. Tempest Bradford, author of “Black Feather“.

My story is based on three different folktales I read as a teenager: The Six Swans, The Seven Ravens, and The Twelve Brothers. In each of these stories a sister has to save her brothers who were transformed into birds. The conditions set for her in each are slightly different, but one that is common to all stories is that she has to sew shirts for each of her siblings to wear. The Six Swans is probably most memorable of the versions because she doesn’t quite finish the shirt for her youngest brother and he spends the rest of his life with a huge wing for an arm. I always pictured the shirts as the white, button down variety–very clean and crisp and simple.

The bracelet is long enough to wrap around most wrists twice, some three times, and can even be worn as a choker.

K. Tempest Bradford

Tags: Black Feather, K. Tempest Bradford
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