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Silverfaune β Black Butterfly Mask
Published: 2010-06-13 17:16:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 9546; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 2455
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This mask is made of a single piece of leather, hand sculpted without a mold. The leather was then painted with black dye and coated with a layer of satin topcoat on top and mink oil underneath. It is designed to be worn.I'm currently struggling with making the small cuts and finished edges smooth, and also the best way to coat the finished masks so that they are water-resistant and not any stiffer than necessary.
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I use a drimmel with a small sander tip to my edges then the wooden burnisher. I hear tell of a magical burnisher tip for your drimmel.... but have yet to find. Oh, and the wax aerosol finish buffs really well and is water resistant. Β Beautiful mask
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very nice work and bravo for the details, i know it's not easy.
Your edges look pretty good to me.
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Beautiful! I love the design 
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Quite fantastic - something about this style just draws me to it. I should look into doing something like that myself.
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Thank you 
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Nice looking elegang mask. I have the same problem cutting thedges without burrs. Curling the edges like you did helps conceal imperfections. I am going to try burnishing the edges with tragacanth. Good look.
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Thanks! I like curling, what can I say
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I know exactly what you means. Your mask look professional.
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Nice! Looks like it took really much time and work. Result turned out great!
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i love it are you selling them anywhere its goregous
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Thank you
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sweet message me the web page when you do im in the market for masks :3
im curious tho were do you get your maretials?
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Will do!
I buy my mats mostly from a leather supply store in Ottawa, ON called Zelikovitz Leathers. Paints I buy from my local art supply store, unless I'm lazy and in a rush, in which case I may find them at Michaels, even though I find them way overpriced.
I know some people order from Tandy leather supplies, or Wickett and Craig (may have misspelled that), if you are looking for someplace and there aren't any shops near you.
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thanks for the info because i really want to try my hand at leather sculpting.
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a woodburner will clean your edges whenever u need them to be if u run it along slow and sideways on a rounder long metal point (: These kind r so cool when u take the time to get them all cut out right and curved after they kill your hands from it all (: I have one mask i did kinda like that- and it was like, "omg, ow" once i salted a mask so much and was in too much hot water that it shattered like glass, so... don't use salt unless u have to bc your thing isn't holding shape(: I just dust salt on the back for 5 mins. and brush it off again while the back of the leather is kinda damp. but mostly not anymore unless it's something big and weird shaped..... Mink oil sounds super-fancy!!! I guess it conditions the leather so it stays nice ? that's awesome.. i want some ... bc u know u want these things to live forever bc your hands ..won't (: ANyways~ butterfly creature is beautiful... i know how hard they r to get right so gOOD freaking JOB !! (: it's funny bc now u can add like a million different accessories or ribbon colors- and my similar cut thing is also it's main color w/ no ribbons still b/c i froze up and was like... i'll add some stuff later (: ~this still looks great...u could totally leave it be, also (:
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Thanks for the woodburner idea.. I even have one hanging around somewhere I bought years ago! I have never heard of dusting salt on the leather. I am building up callouses on my fingers from shaping! In some situations I use pliers to get a really tight crease. The mink oil is used on everything from shoes to jackets, to keep leather waterproofed, and it makes it a little softer without ruining the shape.
I usually do add ribbons or beaded leather thongs for keeping them on, I just haven't got them added yet to these ones.
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This is very well done. Because you curled them in it is hard to tell if there are any sort of burrs along the edges of the mask. This is the same view anyone looking at the person who is wearing it would have so that is cool. I think all the lines are clean and consistant and the painting is also smooth and clean looking.
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Thank you so much for the feedback. Would it be helpful to also post back views of the mask? Or is this not a particular worry?
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I personaly would love to see it from the standpoint of someone who works in leather. How people finish the back of the work is often a point of curiosity for me. I don't post the backs of my masks currently but I have been considering doing it for some of my "main" masks. I did show the back of one of my hair pieces in my gallary.
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I will make sure to take a pic of the back then after I get organized!
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There is an interesting discussion among leather mask makers here: [link]
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Thanks so much! I can see I'll be spending all my free time in the next several months just sifting through the pool of knowledge and experience in dA!
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Ooh, it's so beautiful and ornate ^^. Very nice.
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