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merimask — Jeweled Dragon Leather Mask
Published: 2009-07-18 18:11:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 8733; Favourites: 220; Downloads: 1035
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I thought it was time for something more recent to go into my gallery, so, this mask was finished JUST this morning.I have been talking about doing a Persian Dragon mask for EVER. Every time I started it, something would come up (a commission, or I'd run out of leather) & I'd have to forget about it. Last time, I had the dragon all cut out & then I heard from Circus Juventas, who needed a red dragon for the stage...so that's what happened to my LAST Persian Dragon attempt.
So I just said the heck with it & cut this guy out & worked all night on him, so nothing else could stop me.
In the end I decided to call it a "Jeweled Dragon" because of the sparkly cat's eye cabochon I inlaid in the head.
Carved from one piece of 8oz leather, painted with liquitex acrylic paints.
This is "Jeweled Dragon #1" and is available for a short time RIGHT NOW at my online Etsy Shop: [link]
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Comments: 41
Beautiful, your imagination is always sooo fantastic! 
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Verry nice! i REALLY like this one. the colors really go together :3
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Gorgeous mask!! I love the colors you chose for this guy, he's beautiful!
I really like the little gold looking studs here and there. Love it!
~Sphinx, Comm. Mod.
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Thank you!
Everything but the stone is carved in leather...I LOVE the Liquitex metallic paints. If you apply them correctly, they're fine-grained enough to look like real metal.
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Hehe..I noticed you seem to do that 
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That's awesome. The colours work really well.
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Thanks! 
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Wow Beautiful stuff! I love the craftsmanship and the design. REally neat sculpting of leather.
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Thank you!
Great icon btw...
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wow! this one is definitely my favorite of your dragon masks!!!! Just love the colors! You're so good with them
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Thanks! I'm happy with it. Just finished a half-dragon version of it, too.
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This was an EXCELLENT idea. I think this might be my favorite so far of all your work that I've seen. Love the brilliant blue against the black and brown!
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Thanks! The bright stone inlay was a last-minute addition but I'm happy with the way it looks.
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Thank you...I think I've done a "persian" version of almost everything now (except for a wolf...hmm...).
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That would be interesting would you ever be interested.
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That came out pretty damned spiffy! Colours work really well together, which is odd because brown never comes to mind when I think of colour combinations. The black sets it off nicely, though.
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Thanks!
I LOVE to use brown to offset jewel tones...it's my all-time favorite neutral to use in complicated combinations. Brown works with almost everything.
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Awesome mask! I love the way you made the spiraly horns
Your masks are so amazing!
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Thanks so much.
The horns on this one turned out well...I was pretty happy with them.
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This is awesome. One of my favorites (a difficult thing to say since all your masks are so amazing) by far.
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Thank you...it turned out just like I hoped it would. Now I need to try it in other color combinations!
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I'm anxious to see what other color combinations you go with. ^^
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AMAZING!! i think this one of your greatest pieces!
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Thanks!
It's been sitting in my head for so long, I had time to work it all out before I ever started it.
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wow! so you make masks for fun too?
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Yes! Sometimes I try to think about the public & what they want, but honestly most of the time I'm just trying to make things I like myself.
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well that's good. I can't get anyone to buy commissions from me, you're lucky people order things from you.
Honestly, if somebody offered to buy something from me, i'd give the money to my mom. She really needs it more than I.
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