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I was commissioned to make a golden Bast mask this week. I also came down with a nasty little flu on Monday...fever of 102.8 at one point. If you can picture me, feverish and very ill, shakily cutting this mask out on Tuesday night and barely avoiding serious injury, you've got it about right.Anyway I took my time making her and I think she turned out just the way I'd hoped she would.
The customer requested a burnished gold with a dark bronze for the details. I dyed the whole mask brown, drybrushed gold over it, then painted the details dark brown and drybrushed bronze over those parts. Simple but elegant. She looks like Bast with a lovely golden tan to me...very "Queen of the Nile".
Made of hand carved, hand shaped leather. Like everything else I make.
She's already sold & gone of course (I work fast even when I'm miserably ill) , but feel free to commission me at my Etsy shop: [link]
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Comments: 22
valentinlove2 [2018-07-05 10:29:06 +0000 UTC]
Hello ! Could I use your art for a website? I will put credit, your name and a link to your devianart and credits under the art!
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
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GinaMangrove [2012-03-16 13:21:01 +0000 UTC]
my favorite. Do you ever consider selling these?
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GinaMangrove In reply to GinaMangrove [2012-03-16 13:22:23 +0000 UTC]
nevermind. I noticed shes already gone. I would love one. How much did you sell it for?
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Mishikaiya In reply to merimask [2009-08-18 23:07:14 +0000 UTC]
You're very welcome as always.
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moordred-fangirl [2009-08-09 02:09:55 +0000 UTC]
I was watching some live bats flying around just the other day... I love bats, and I think the Egyptian style looks lovely Anyway, I hope you're feeling better now... Being sick is really a drag
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merimask In reply to moordred-fangirl [2009-08-17 15:13:59 +0000 UTC]
Hee! Thanks! "Bast", actually, is an Egyptian cat goddess.
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moordred-fangirl In reply to merimask [2009-08-17 23:59:27 +0000 UTC]
Ahh, I see! *Slaps self* Sorry, that's what happens when I comment when I've just gotten back from a trip and I'm half asleep...
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merimask In reply to moordred-fangirl [2009-08-18 22:17:55 +0000 UTC]
Hee! No problem.
Actually I really ought to do a bat mask...
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moordred-fangirl In reply to merimask [2009-08-19 05:58:12 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, that would be very cool! Yay for my poor comment reading skills sparking a good idea
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merimask In reply to NiniriAZ [2009-08-17 15:12:59 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I do my homework...
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merimask In reply to PuppyAkamaru [2009-08-17 15:12:44 +0000 UTC]
Very traditional ears...they have the "sun ray" motif that most mid-period Egyptian art featured.
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PuppyAkamaru In reply to merimask [2009-08-17 17:09:18 +0000 UTC]
mhm! I love how the egyptians drew their hieroglyphs.
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Ellygator [2009-08-08 14:22:04 +0000 UTC]
She is perfect - and she does not show at all how sick you were when you made her. I hope you're feeling better now.
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merimask In reply to Ellygator [2009-08-17 15:11:42 +0000 UTC]
I think she helped me feel better, to be honest. I hate being sick & doing nothing.
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