Dreaming Falcon Leather Mask

This mask is loosely based on my painting, Apparition. I wanted to capture the ethereal colors in a mask. Like with my previous two masks, this one went in its own direction after I started. Originally I planned on using real feathers and I even hand dyed a bunch, but the colors and shapes didn't seem to match. So, I fashioned feathers out of leather and those fit the design much better.

I painted the tips of the outer feathers with metallic gold acrylic and many of the white and blue areas are pearlescent. This mask will be at DragonCon along with my other masks, and a few others that I am working on now.

_{Leather, acrylic, and ribbon}