"If you focus on the body, you can always carve off a little more and define the wings that way. Or you can do it however you like. This needn't be a perfect piece, nor your only piece. Sometimes crafting is a matter of being patient with yourself as much as the materials."

He pulls some fabric over towards himself, toying with the material - some sort of cotton, he can tell. "And making mistakes is part of the process. How else will you learn?"