Dragon Mask Tutorial - Leather Mask Making Tips & Techniques

Making two dragon masks out of leather. I show you how I made the same pattern into a wearable mask AND a decorative wall-hanging mask with glass eyes. I made one mask with basic leather tools and the other mask with no leather tools at all. In the process I explain my basic leather mask making process and everything you need to know to get started. This mask pattern and other more basic ones are available in my shop.

Patterns: https://snappingdragon.etsy.com
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00:00 intro
00:52 pattern
01: 09 leather selection
02:11 tracing mask shape
02:38 cutting mask out
03:12 wetting leather
04:12 transferring tooling patterns
04:43 punching holes
05:05 adding texture without leather tools
05:38 adding texture with leather tools
06:43 shaping mask
07:20 coloring leather
10:46 making eyes
11:30 attaching eyes
12:05 adding hanging loop
12:11 securing the nose
12:42 adding elastic

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(You can get started playing with leather with only an exacto knife and a cutting mat, don't feel like you need all these tools as a beginner).
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