Halloween Plague Doctor Mask

[custserv]

Pretty cool. Love the colors.

[cynd11]

Pretty amazing job! It totally looks like leather.

[Jules]

Oh cool…I thought it was leather too. Very spookaaay!

[polarbrainfreeze]

I love the look of this fabric. I find it has a very leathery texture to it, but it’s much lighter. It’s also thinner.

The wallet I made from it is very light and thin, which is what I like for wallets.

[geek2nurse]

I just wish it came in more colors…

Have you tried any kind of color treatments on the natural cork version? Will it take paint or leather dye?

[polarbrainfreeze]

I have not tried any finish on it at all. I only ordered the yellow and red to test things out, and I’m almost out of it. I’m probably going to order other colors soon, since I like it so much. Although I don’t have any other projects in mind yet.

I also have not tested if I can engrave on it at all. That’s going to be one of my next tests.

[geek2nurse]

Keep us posted!

[timtsuga]

Love the geometric objects in the background of the second photo!!!

[polarbrainfreeze]

Those are my giant laser-cut gears. You can see a better picture here:

Giant Wooden Gears

Here are some giant wooden gears I made with a laser-cutter. They are pretty big. The board they are mounted on is 4 feet x 8 feet. [image] You can see more of my stuff at: http://polarbrainfreezethecut.blogspot.ca/

And a video on youtube here:

Laser-Cut giant gears

Those were made on a laser-cutter, but not a GF. I made those before getting the GF.

[AhnoldZ]

Nice mask!

You know, but others may not, that the Plague Doctor has been a point of interest here since the start of the forum.

QOTD from Glowforge: First week with your Glowforge-- What does it look like?

Where it will live It is going to sit on my ancient treadle sewing machine in my office/shop next to the PC. Who will use it Me, a cosplay prop designer, board gamer, and stay at home mom. My wife who isn’t exactly the maker type but is super excited about this. My teenage daughter who is also a cosplayer like me and talks about how to use it about daily. What will get made in the first week I have some bare metal Altoid type tins I want to engrave for gifts. I have the leather and plans to…

Laser Cut Leather Plague Doctor Masks

I wanted to share a sample of one of my leatherwork projects that was laser cut. I do a lot of work in the Halloween and Haunted Attraction industry, and last year I had a client that wanted a couple leather plague doctor masks. [image] The finished masks. [image] Sewing on the goggles. [image] Blue painter’s tape was used to protect the surface of the leather from smoke damage. [image] Pieces laid out after washing (to remove charred material from the edges). They were allowed to full…

[timtsuga]

Your creations are AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[jeanneleigh]

Well done!

[ptodd]

Looks amazing!

[carol.cheatham]

How did you manage the locked PDFs to get the pattern suitable for the Glowforge?

[Jules]

I believe he bought it.

[carol.cheatham]

Well of course he did. So did I. Months ago. Still trying to figure out how to use the locked and restricted pdf. The designer is adamant that no one be able to use the file on a laser.

[Jules]

Oh sorry, didn’t realize it was an inside thing.

[awebs76]

This is amazing, why keep it only for Halloween? Especially seeing as we’re kind of in/out a pandemic! It could be easily incorporated into a special outfit

[polarbrainfreeze]

I don’t remember the pdfs being locked at all. I think he may have added that lock recently.

[janee]

Wow!! This is fantastic!