Mask Making Class #2

Last night we concluded the class, but the home work continues....

But let me start where I left off....



Here you can see just how much the leather has to stretch to fit around the mold.

With a lot of tapping and burnishing, allth detail comes to the fore - the mold is rough and full of character and the leather thin enough to shown almost all of it.



After the first mask had dried completely, I took it off and made a second one with a thicker leather. (To get technical: the mask on the left was made with 2-3oz leather and the one on the right with 5-6oz leather.)



With the leather in shape, we trimmed away the excess around the edges and the gathering under the nose, so that a small seam can be made.



It is the wet leather (under the noses) that make it appear so dark.

Next time, coloring the mask ......