Kirin masks.

[merimask]

Well, I finished them.  My Kirin.  It turns out that the one I did totally as an experiment is my favorite.   This is the black kirin.

You can get a better idea of how the horn works in the photos below.  Of all the kirin I did, this one was the closest to traditional, with the forked horn and scales and even the dark coloring.


The one below is the commission piece...I just couldn't talk the guy into a forked horn.  He wanted it to look something like my Kohaku mask, so that's how I did it.


This last one (below) was also a bit indulgent.  After I finished it I thought "TOO much white!" so I broke it up with some happy pale blue swirly stuff.  I was really thinking "12 Kingdoms" for this one.

You see how well my forked horn design worked?  I love it when a solution to a design problem works so easily.

So, those are Kirin.  I'm going to print out Wikipedia's explanation of what Kirin are and display it next to these, to cut down on annoying questions at shows ("Where's the other antler on that deer?").

And, in other news, it was another glorious day.  Char and I went for a bike ride in Canada and she was Princess Many Bugs Down Shirt.  I was One Bug Went Up Nose.

And!  Just because they looked so damn pretty; my tulips.


There you go!  Happy Spring!!

*smooch*

Comments

[merimask.livejournal.com]

Thank you...I dunno! I like the idea of the forked horn. Time will tell, though, how sturdy it is. It's just an experiment, really.