Progress in two thousand two showed that plastic made from feathers could be formed like other plastics.
VOA: special.2010.06.01
In the 91 x 72 cm portrait, Rembrandt is wearing a black velvet cap with two ostrich feathers, a decorative metal band worn round the neck and a short, decorated velvet cape.
When he received the notice to kill his unsold chickens, Mr. Shi and co-workers grabbed the yellow birds one at a time, cut their necks and removed their feathers, then tossed the remains into one of two large, blue plastic containers for disposal.