Heading out...

[merimask]

Yeah.  "1, 2, 3...Kalamazoo!"  I'm bringing a bunch of new masks, new stuff that I came up with just for this show (since it's my first time as an exhibitor there and I'm all about shock and awe).  So, I combined my traditional fox mask with another popular motif I use often and came up with...Ivy Fox.

Now that I see it, it's a little Christmas-y.  Meh.  :::shrug:::   Also, I want to do something similar, but with grapes and grape leaves.  You know, like from Aesop's Fables, the fox and the grapes.  It's just an idea.

Also!  I managed to find enough leather (I nearly ran out of cow!) to do another dragon mask.

That stone I used for inlay is called a snake eye.  It's like the cat's eye cabochons I've used in the past, but...swirly.  It was a silvery black stone, but I didn't want to do a black and silver dragon again.  So...really really red, with black and silver.  Shock and Awe, baby.

And, I'm out of here.  Back on Sunday, hopefully with wads and wads of cash.  :-)

Comments

Stone

[karenebl.livejournal.com]

I like the stone very much. Where do you get them? I'd like to find a source.

Re: Stone

[merimask.livejournal.com]

I get all my cabochons and stone beads from Fire Mountain Gems, which is the best source I know of for jewelry-making supplies. They're affordable, fast, and you don't need a tax ID number to buy from them. You can have an easier ordering experience if you call 1-800-355-2137 and ask them to send you a catalog, as the online site is huge and hard to navigate.

That stone is called snake's eye, and is available in several colors (I used black). I used a 20 x 15 mm oval, but they come in all sizes and in rounds as well.

Hope this helps. :-)