Faun Mask

Here's one that I'd been planning for a while: A faun/goat/satyr mask, featuring some hand-tooled bracers. The horns are attached with a small amount of stitching and wire to keep them in place. Pardon the jeans.

 

 

 

Scarecrow

Ever wonder what I do with all the old leather scraps I collect? Well, here's your answer: I put them into a mask! This was made with old pieces of leather sewn together with thick thread.

 

 

 

 

Here is some close-ups of the stitching

 

 

Dagoth

Here's a new design - Dagoth. It's made from 4 main pieces of leather, has 4 buckles that buckle onto a piece in the back. The name comes from the antagonist in Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (even though they look nothing alike). I am the model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assassin Mask

Here's another new design - Assassin Mask (in red). This was made by sewing a piece of tooling leather onto some upholestry leather.

 

Those are some Nepalese Kukris, the same used by the Ghurkas.

 

 

 

Feral leather mask

Here's a new leather mask - Feral. This one goes back to my simple designs without any buckles or lenses or sewing.

 

 

 

 

 

It was made specifically with this sword in mind

 

Plague Doctor Mask

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.

The Man in the Trees

May I present to you The Man in the Trees, my first (and hopefully not last!) mask based on The Green Man. It has three buckles, two on the side and one over the top, and has some cool sewing stuff.

The model is my brother, Brian Barker. A better picture will hopefully be coming (don't hold your breath).

The Entertainer

A new mask of mine, the Entertainer mask. I named it that because it is kind of based on the Commedia Dell'Arte mask, and I also wore it around town the first time I went busking.

(That handsome model is my brother Humza Chaudhry, wearing a steampunk tophat and some spiral contacts.)

The picture is the mask in blue, although it can also be made in white, red, black, green, or brown.