New at HMFF: Sebastopol Geese!
look at those curly feathers!
 
Hope to have some Sebastopol goslings next summer.  Those curly feathers put me in mind of the old fashioned German Feather Trees..  The technique just looks to be a version of core spinning: Goose feathers on stiff wire.   Hmmmmm. 
 
I looked up Feather Trees on the internet and found these sources... both with history of the German Feather Trees and one that offers reasonably priced kits.  I might look into making some of these from my geese someday. Looks like fun!
 
See

http://www.feathertrees.com/feathertreeology.htm

http://www.feathertreekits.com/history.htm