Peacock Hairpins

Enameled Peacock feathers. Final project for my enameling class. I saw these [link] at the V&A in London and found them absolutely interesting. I wanted to make some of them, but there'd really be no purpose to enameling on those forms. I chose to do peacock feathers because the tail of the peacock means essentially the same thing as the hairpins, "Look at me! I'm awesome! I'm rich and pretty!"

Copper with silver foil overlay and Enamel
Nickel stems