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Here is a mask I made a while back (not too long ago, but I'm so prolific it seems a lifetime ago).

It's a Medusa made all of one piece of leather. Handcarved & hand-formed with no molds. I painted this (with Liquitex acrylic paints) as realistically as I could, so that the snakes resembled tiny Southern Copperhead snakes. The eyes of the snakes are 4mm carnelian stone beads, each hand sewn to leather gussets that were then cemented inside each snake head.

The whole mask took over 15 hours to make.

As ever, you can purchase my work at my Etsy store: [link]

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:iconnightsneverland:
wow - that is impressive!!!

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:iconpyro-jellyfish:
Oooh! I really love this one! The snakes all look fabulous!

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What would Kamina do?
:iconskyetrinity:
Wow! This is really amazing! It is so detailed and looks great!

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:iconagorphia:
This is beautiful! I love the colors and the snakes look amazing! I love how 3D they are (with the eyes popping out).

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:iconmothella12:
Is this one not in your Etsy or did I just miss it?

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~Holly Black
:icongavade:
Wow, that's excellent, a bit of serpent love, nice change from all those dogs ;)

Intricate details as always, was this harder to create and mould, with all those floppy snake bits?
:icontreyos:
That's frickin' sweet! You did great work in the posing and forming of the snake heads, they look perfect!

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:iconflufdrax:
The mask is stunning, and the expressions on all the snake heads are very cute. I love how two of the snakes appear to be gossiping while the one between them is playing lookout. :)

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Oct 10, 2007, 2:59:18 PM

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