Daedalus tried his wings first, but before trying to escape the island, he warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea, but to follow his path of flight. Modern street art of Icaria island and falling Icarus just outside the village of Evdilos on Icaria, Greeceĭaedalus fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son.