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Art Fair Philippines, February 18, 2016.
A deep personal tradition for my every year for this has been my third time and it never fails to leave me at awe. Nonetheless, I tagged along a first timer writer friend and it feels awesome to share new things with a new soul.
I went out with a friend and got some photos of a bunch of the leather bracelets that I'd neglected getting photos of for a while! I won't link to these individually, but all these designs are up on my Etsy shop.
A quick leather bracelet made for @bespokefolds with a laser-engraving of their favorite origami fold pattern. You’ll have to work out for yourself what the pattern makes, or ask them. The color on this is a light green I got relatively recently, and haven’t had a chance to use much yet. It’s labeled as Chartreuse. I like it.
Been really busy with work (architecture job) and getting a pile of gifts done for my family. I managed to get them all cut and stained before flying out, now I just need to sew them together before Christmas. I’ll grab some photos as I go so you all can see.
This was my costume for a LARP I played in back in November. The game was set in a post-apocalyptic corporate-nation-state-dystopian Small Town Texas. The working tagline while it was being written was apparently “Assless Chaps,” and the aesthetic had a heaping helping of My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days added in. So that’s what I made.
For the chaps I used some black motorcycle leather I’d ordered on a whim over a year ago and hadn’t used much from. (Basically it’s a rather thick and heavy garment leather.) They’re fastened up the sides with a whole bunch of snaps. (Also there’s a riveted seam below the knees because I didn’t have contiguous pieces of leather that were quite big enough for the whole thing.) I made them tight enough that I’m not even sure I could fit them over a pair of pants. Problem?
The hat I lettered/painted myself, I’ll post that separately shortly.
The vest I did not make, sadly.
All in all I was quite happy with this project. I’m kind of sad to be mostly out of the motorcycle leather now. I enjoyed making stuff with it, even if it was solely for myself.
Finally put ears on this dog mask/pup hood!
This was a prototype/first run at making a mask in this style, with snout in front and buckles in back. It worked out pretty well, and I think the buckle arrangement looks pretty clean. The snout and ears both detach with snaps, which felt like it was a good way to start thinking about modularity. And there’s enough room in the eye area that it fits on over my glasses, which I think is pretty cool. The snout is open at the bottom, which is pretty comfortable, but the snout is deep enough that it doesn’t really expose the chin very much. And the base structure should be able to support different types of snouts.
The only thing I’m a little bit skeptical of is the ears. I wanted to try a minimalist construction, and it seems to work with just 2 points of attachment (which pivot too, being snaps). But the shape is maintained by stress in the curved segment between the snaps, and I’ll have to see how that holds up when the ears get bonked. But if it does need some adjusting, they’re removable, so that’s easy.
The next mask I make with this structure I’m going to adjust how the straps attach to the mask. Here they’re just riveted directly to the mask. Next time I’ll attach D-rings to the mask and attach the straps to those. That’ll let them pivot around that point, rather than needing to be lined up to point in just the right direction.
Mask was made by hand from 4 oz vegetable-tanned leather, stained black. I’ll finish it with neatsfoot oil, which’ll darken it up a bit more and make the surface a bit more supple. Rivets and snaps are nickel-plated steel.
I haven't designed a leather bracelet in a long time, like 2 or 3 years I think. But I had this idea that I wanted to wear around for the Halloween season, so I drew it up and made it today. Unusually for me, I hand-cut the whole thing. Sadly, I messed up on scaling when tracing it from my computer to the leather, and it came out a bit too small for me. So I've posted it up for sale on Etsy here. I'm planning on heading in to laser-cut more things tomorrow, so I'll probably make a copy for myself then. This one will fit a wrist at 6.5 inches around. It's 2.5 inches across at its widest point. It's available for immediate shipping.
Actually two separate codpieces that got ordered in quick succession. This is my more straightforward and simple design, and it’s made with a very nicely finished leather with a very consistent semi-gloss surface.
For the most recent one, I went and made some adjustments to the straps that probably nobody but me would ever notice. Fixed the spacing on some of the rivet holes, and tweaked the lengths of the straps with the buckle holes in them. And since the straps are modular and I use the same pattern on all my codpieces, it’s a fix that’ll carry through all of them.
Maybe you want one for yourself?
I made this pup hood a couple years ago. It was my first experiment with this general format of mask, and I’ve used some details I’d tried out in it in a few other projects. It’s been sitting on top of my completed projects pile for quite some time, but I rarely get photos of it.
Obligatory Etsy link!
This was a first attempt at making a cuff bracelet wallet. An idea that a friend had suggested back when needing a little pocket to store cash and ID while going to a club was a problem that one could have.
I had fun with the pattern on the front side, though it turned out looking more like a sofa than I’d expected. The next iteration will probably be rainbow stripes or a paw print or something like that.
The basic premise turned out pretty reasonably, and this let me figure out some edits I’d need to make for the next version. (Like, one big pocket with one opening is not the best, I need to have it open on both sides, and maybe break it up into smaller pocket slots. And preferably use a thinner leather on the interior. And make it significantly looser, IDs don’t bend very well.) (Also, turns out white thread darkens when you repeatedly pull it through laser-cut stitching holes.)
I’d made this figuring I’d keep it for myself, but it turned out I got the sizing about a half inch too small, so it’s too tight for me to wear comfortably. So if anyone’s got a wrist size 6.5″ or smaller, feel free to make me an offer for this. I suspect I’ll need to make it rather wider to actually fit an ID without bending it too badly, so might not fulfill its intended utility, but it’s still a cool cuff bracelet.
2 layers of 4 oz vegetable-tanned leather, cut with a laser cutter, dyed and stitched by hand, with mink oil to soften it up, and finished with an acrylic-based clear coat. Snaps are nickel-plated brass.
Here’s a dark brown version of the Airship Mechanic respirator mask I designed recently, on request of a customer.
The brown here is a dye that I got fairly recently. It’s a different type of dye than I normally use, and it worked pretty well, though I’m not sure I liked working with it as much. I went for a matte finish, which I think goes well with this aesthetic.
This design previously seen here and here, and available on my etsy here.
Wolf skull muzzle mask commission that I just finished up! It took more back-and-forth with the client than normal, but I'm really happy with the final result.
Made of 4 oz vegetable-tanned leather, which I laser-cut, dye black, form to shape, paint white, and seal up all myself. I actually took a good number of photos while making this, so here's a making-of post.
If you'd like a version of this for yourself, I've listed it up on my Etsy shop!
This carousel horse has a bit of an attitude.
This was a commission for a friend. The base pattern for the mask is from Dieselpunk.Ro. I made some small tweaks on the mask itself, but the big change was designing the big floppy mane. I love how it hangs over the face like some sort of pastel pink scene kid. The sawtooth part of the mane is a reference to the haircuts that Norwegian Fjord Horses often get. The construction of the mane was a riff on how @ramshacklegear did the mane on his chess piece pony hood, so check that out here and here.
This pony also has a spicy side, second post incoming.
Photos by Adelair.
FNAF SNAPS HEHE
more fnaf snaps !!! honestly this post is super late I've had these since for a WHILE and just never posted this lol
also as i'm posting this the new SB snaps have came out but i'm broke so it will probs be a couple weeks till i get those lol
decent haul for todays post !!!
first off is golden freddy and the stage !!! as ive said before werid combo but okay !!!
heres the golden boy himself !!!! i love him so much i thought he was gonna look super silly but the recolor of og freddy with the white eyes was a good call (+ cheaper for funko lol) i kinda wish he had black eyes but i think the white is more striking overall (apparently i forgot to take a picture of his alt face so sorry but i'm too lazy to get up >:( )
heres the stage !!!!! i love it so much !!!!! so cool !!! perfect !!! stunning !!! everything i wanted for it !!!! i just love this playset so much !!! its just yes
heres golden freddy with the stage !!!
next here is the toy chica and nightmare chica two pack !!! werid combo but we have established that !!!
here they are !!! i really like nightmare chica ALOT more then i thought i would !!! i'm missing the lets eat on her bib tho :( thats disappointing tbh it dosent even look like a bib it looks more like a creaked egg but at least its chicken themed ... for toy chica shes over all okay i dont love her i think thares something off about her but i cant figure out what it is i think she just doesn't look good in the snaps style which is disappointing but not unforgivable
heres thare endos !!! i love the nightmare endos so so much it just looks so cool !!!
heres thare alt faces !!! i think toy chica looks better here but still odd lol for nightmare chica i just think the two faces look too much alike i would much rather had another accessory then another face that looks identical to the other :( speaking of accessories the fucking cupcakes ... they look nice sure but i was screaming, sobbing, wailing, rolling on the floor trying those get these mfers in thare hands i was about to sell my soul to the fucking devil just to get these things in :,)
now for og bonnie and foxy !!!
here they are !!! i love them !! they are so stinking cute !!! i just want to smoosh them !!! especially foxy which is odd because hes my least fav of the main 4 (sorry mel) foxy just looks perfect to me !!! bonnie looks super cute too !!! a little dead inside but he really is giving fnaf 1 bonnie !!! i just love these silly boys !!! idk why bonnie has this pizza guitar but pop off ig i gave the pizza one too toy bonnie and gave him toy bonnies lol
here they are with thare silly angry faces !!! i love how absolutely appalled foxy looks as if u ripped ass at the dinner party and i love how bonnies anti eyebrow statement is adding to this lol (me too bonnie)
enjoy this monstrosity <3
i added the main 3 to the stage with foxy peaking in <33 i love this playset so much !!!
ive got everyone else shoved into the storage room
here are the two playsets connected !!! i really like the look of them together i cant wait to get more to connect !!!
overall i really like these guys and cant wait to get the SB ones !!!
38/100 days of productivity
Achievements
1. Led a track workout
2. Completed gov assignment four days early
3. English response about snap judgement
Events of the day
🏃🏽♀️ track practice
🍕 got MOD pizza
🐐 bought goat cheese from Trader Joe's