![]() I know nothing about air drying leather so I will say no more on the matter other that it doesn't come out as hard as baking it, however it is less likely to damage the leather. Step 4: Baking/DryingĪt this point you have two options, bake the leather, or let it air dry. If you plan to leave the goggles alone for a long period of time (like overnight), leave the goggles in to prevent the leather from shrinking as it dries. ![]() If you want goggles, insert them now while you can still cut or stretch the leather to fit them. If they don't, just stretch the leather until they do. Insert the larger of the two rivet pieces in each hole and see if they line up. Punch the matching set of holes and repeat on all other joints. Hold the second piece to be riveted up to the first and mark the holes with a scoring tool. Punch holes on one of the pieces meant to be joined by rivets. ![]() For the face part, hold it up to your own face (or the face of the person meant to wear it) and form the leather around it paying close attention to the bridge of the nose. Fold it in half and then stretch it until you get a nice curved beak. Make sure to get the leather curved for the beak. Just get it wet to the point that it becomes easily pliable but not floppy. ![]() Take your mask pieces and get them wet (room temperature water is fine). I won't say anything more here but there will be a step on them later on. Goggles aren't strictly necessary but do look cool. This instructable is more about the mask itself. Any other leather working tool that you choose to use (optional, again, there is a ton of information on this and, frankly, I know very little about it so consider looking into specialized tools).Knife of some sort (you really just need some way to cut out the eye holes, there are tools specifically for cutting leather but I don't have any).Scissors (There are leather scissors but normal paper ones will work).Leather finish (optional, same comment as above).Leather dye (do some research on what dyes to use with your leather, there's a lot to know but keep in mind that black is the easiest dye to use).Leather (I used stomach leather, I don't know the technical term for it, ask your leather supplier for mask making leather).Rivets (mine were listed as "steel double cap rivets").Leather Punch (there are several different kinds but most should work, mine's a rotary punch I think).That being said, the mask came out excellent and was surprisingly easy so I hope to inspire some new mask designs. ![]() Keep in mind that I made this instructable after I made the mask and I barely documented the construction process so I recommend using this instructable in conjunction with some other, more general, leather working instructions (some of the steps are simplified or unspecific because I don't know how work with leather properly, nor do I have the tools to do so). Sadly, plague doctors aren't very common costumes but they do pop up in videogames and things (Shovel Knight and I think there was one in Assassin's Creed) I made this mask with a lot of help from the people at Tandy Leather so some credit goes to them as well. The idea was that herbs would be kept in the "beak" to purify the stale air. The creepy outfits were meant to protect against Miasma, or foul air, that was thought to cause sickness at the time. Historically, plague doctors were hired by the government to treat the Bubonic plague. ![]()
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