Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you... My Plague Doctor Mask!
This is by far the most complex mask I have ever made. It involves two main leather pieces, lensed eyes, breathing holes, and three buckles. The design was originally inspired by the plague doctor masks of Tom Banwell, but I prefered this design. To me, it looked more like the plague doctor masks found in old paintings. I am the model in this one.
Don't let the term "doctor" fool you. Plague doctors were around from the 1300s, when the bubonic plague struck Europe. They wore these creepy masks with long, waxed coats and gloves. They prodded their victims with sticks to make sure they didn't have to touch them. In the end, they probably did more to spread the plague than to help it. The masks were stuffed with spices, to ward off the "bad odors" that spread the plague. After all, everyone knows that's how the plague spreads: through bad smells! They DID manage to stay uninfected, but that was because their coats prevented fleas from biting them.
This is by far the most complex mask I have ever made. It involves two main leather pieces, lensed eyes, breathing holes, and three buckles. The design was originally inspired by the plague doctor masks of Tom Banwell, but I prefered this design. To me, it looked more like the plague doctor masks found in old paintings. I am the model in this one.
Don't let the term "doctor" fool you. Plague doctors were around from the 1300s, when the bubonic plague struck Europe. They wore these creepy masks with long, waxed coats and gloves. They prodded their victims with sticks to make sure they didn't have to touch them. In the end, they probably did more to spread the plague than to help it. The masks were stuffed with spices, to ward off the "bad odors" that spread the plague. After all, everyone knows that's how the plague spreads: through bad smells! They DID manage to stay uninfected, but that was because their coats prevented fleas from biting them.
