Inspo at the end of the gallery, this is my first real attempt at a mask.

Starting from my face cast from last year, I sculpted the snout and brows from pliable foam and duct tape, then covered and detailed in clay. Poured a silicone mold around that, then a shell of plaster gauze. Also made a mold of clay teeth for a resin cast.

Then a cast from that of silicone. Added fur and teeth with silicone glue, softened eye holes and 'wounded" eye/cheek with hot glue.

A screw through the snout as a piercing helped provide support against my nose (without it, moving the jaw yanked the whole mask down) and also stretched the eye holes and brought them closer together because placing and cutting those initially was like feeling around in the dark.

What a fun learning experience!! Can't wait to try more, and would love any thoughts or advice that occurs to you. Biggest lesson: silicone glue fumes and residue are no joke, and they linger.