Meanwhile In A Grim Basement In Canada

[grimstitchfactory]

Greetings

My name is Cameron. I make masks and started working with rawhide last year because I was sick of working in latex because it's just not real, and I want "REAL"... or as close as I can get when making skin masks. So I began working with goat rawhide because it is the closest I can get to human skin.

I'm new here so I'm not sure if there are other members who do these types of masks. I'd definitely like to exchange ideas if there are.

My masks are built on a human head cast, and have a canvas under layer, over which is an outer frame of 16-gauge wire, and onto top of that I adhere a layer of cream-colored felt. Then the skin is adhered on top of that. The final step, once the skin has dried, is coloring and distressing, and then stitching, which I do by drilling holes and feeding through cord .

Anyway... I'm a ridiculously super newbie with this material and have basically adopted the trial and error method of self learning.

[ConradPark]

Looks great! Would really like to know a bit about your process, maybe you could do a tutorial for the future, like how you attach the teeth and what materials you're using. Refreshing to see a different kind of work than the usual card holders, gun holders and book holders.

Cheers.

[Stewartjlh]

Fantastic work. I would also be interested in learning more about your process - I am in awe of your distressing abilities. I was doing some general web surfing on leather masks recently and had come across the rawhide instructable below. It's nowhere near as realistic as what you've created, but my inner cheapskate liked the idea of using dogbone rawhide from a pet store.

I agree with the previous post that seeing this work is refreshing. It shows us where some of the outer edges of the craft lay.

Keep up the great work! ~ Cheers, Stewart

http://www.instructables.com/id/Skin-Mask/

[AndersenLeather]

That is one scary mask. Really impressive!

[Grey Drakkon]

Freaky stuff, great job!

[leatherwytch]

Absolutely magnificent! I would love to know more about your process, those are movie quality!

[kiwican]

you could make a killing on halloween masks

[billybopp]

That is some seriously creepy looking stuff. In a very good way!! Well done.

Bill

[grimstitchfactory]

you could make a killing on halloween masks

Not a killing, but a good part-time job. My main work is scarecrow masks.

http://grimstitchfactory.com

[Troy I]

Wow cool Web site and masks...you really do have a gift.