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Here is a new design...the Lady Bast (Egyptian cat goddess of music, dancing and fertility) depicted with African Wildcat markings.This mask is carved from one piece of 8oz tooling leather. Like all my masks, it is hand carved and shaped with no molds or forms, heat-set, and painted with colorfast Liquitex acrylics in antiqued medium brown, white and sepia with gold accents.
If you think about it, the African Wildcat is a good choice to use as inspiration for Bast, because these little wild cats are probably very similar in appearance to the first domesticated cats in Egypt. The source pictures I've seen show them in light & dark phases...this one is "light" with pale brown stripes.
Signed, dated & numbered, this "Wildcat Bast #2", commissioned from my online Etsy shop: [link]
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Hello ! Could I use your art for a website? I will put credit, your name and a link to your devianart and credits under the art!
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
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The detail is astounding. I like the inside of the ears and the marks around the eyes
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Its...its...so beautiful...such wonderful markings...the carved pelt and the eyes...Love it...
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This deviation has been included in the Costumery Week Feature - Masks .
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I like this one more than the one with darker stripes. It blends better. It just popped! Both are lovely though.
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Beautiful detail, as always! And the colours are superb - so warm and cat-like
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The pale color scheme is so elegant with this new design. Also love the balance of natural vs. stylized!
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I contemplated beefing up the outlines of the gold "Egyptian motif" details, but in the end I left it subtle. It blends so neatly, you really have to study the mask to see the parts that take her from "cat" to "goddess".
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Me too...she's very golden-sandy.
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I don't know why, but I really like this one compare to the other one. The markings seem more sand coloured and more elegant, something you expect from an an Egyptian cat goddess!!
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Thank you. 
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I'm leaning toward liking this one more, but I think it's because dangly things annoy me. They're both quite lovely with such wonderful stripe patterns! They remind me of flames and the ear patterns remind me of sun rays.
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The ear design is actually called a "sun ray motif" that you see all the time in Egyptian art. The sun god Ra was sort of the "chief" god and all the other gods incorporate his sun rays somewhere in their designs.
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Oh, I see. That's pretty neat!
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yay! I've missed seeing your masks in my deviations feed.
What always gets me about your masks is the fur detail. It's so intricate and it really does add extra realism to them.
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Thank you.
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Ahh the Chinese-curse interesting. I hope things calm down soon then. Don't push yourself too hard and don't let obnoxious people push you either
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wow, this one is great with your colors and it looks like my small, orange cat !! cute (: <3 !
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Thank you.
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I'm liking this one better; the stripes are more subtle. The darker ones stand out more, but seem a bit distracting from the overall look. Love the ear design, btw. =^_^=
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Thank you.
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Looks good. Though, I like the black version more. Don't know why... Still a very good design
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Thank you.
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I love how you draw your designs from real animals, it makes them that much cooler! I am always amazed at your skill, and your patience, it must take forever to carve all of those hairs! I think the finished product is worth it though, truly stunning.
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Thank you.
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Love the mixture of realism and traditional Egyptian motifs in this and the other one. Beautiful pieces!
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Thank you.
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The combination of the gold egypt patterns together with the real looking fur is great.
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This one is a bit more monochromatic. I think if the wearer is going to wear some kind of all-gold gown this one is absolutely perfect.
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Very beautiful. The details are amazing and I love the colours.
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I think I prefer the colours on this one.
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She looks a bit less wild...a bit more feminine perhaps.
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