Pulling it together was a “complicated process”, Falconer said.
People initially used acrylic ink so the design would not run if the feathers ever got wet.
A photographer then took images and arranged them into the wings, before a Darlington company printed the final design on to metal, secured it to a frame and it was mounted on the wall.
The commission followed anti-immigration riots in Sunderland and across Teesside, sparked by misinformation surrounding the murders of three girls in Southport in 2024.
It was funded by the Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, and Middlesbrough Council supported the installation.