Mother and daughter team Jo and Cassie live in South-East Queensland, Australia and have teamed creating Twisted Whimsey shop
featuring their one of a kind creations inspired in nature, fairy lore and their heart and spirit. The items are very original and range from hats to fairy wings and masks... oh and even customized fantasy shoes! All items are rather different and obviously comes from different moments of inspiration, I guess these two enjoy wearing what they create and there's something of exultant happiness in all their pieces.
Above: Winter Headpiece
Karen Morey is an artist based in Oregon behind Savage Dryad designs. From massive horned headpieces, masks, jewelry, costumes and anything that could challenge her, this multitalented girl offer you a wealth of items looming out her imagination.
You can see the works of Karen in her etsy store http://savagedryad.etsy.com/
You can also see a portfolio of her works in her deviant art account at http://savagedryad.deviantart.com/
Above: AMAZING Horned headpiece made by Karen Morey
Always searching for new ideas Merimask is a self taught leather mask maker from USA. You can watch a big gallery of her masks at the crafter Deviant Art gallery where you can contact her to commission a mask and get a custom made done, or you can browse her Merimask etsy store to see the items ready to ship (in case that you can´t wait!). She´s worked for theater works in Japan (and in fact many of her models seems to be nourished by japanese folklore and even anime) and also for Ralph Lauren and Circus du Soleil.
With such eerie name... can you make a guess? In Specter Store you will find will find our latex costume wings, rubber masks, Halloween costumes, realistic props and so much more! All you need for a first warm up before Halloween.
Teonova is store specialized in leather masks, each one individually hand crafted and unique. Most of them are one size fits all and they really look the highest quality and workmanship and by the reviews of users they´re really comfortable too. The crafter have been active since 2001. If you want to look with your own eyes the mask you can have a look the lists of fairs and festivals they´re attending with stand to. Also they welcome commissions for parties, weddings and corporate events. In the website you will find a gallery of past works and also a link to their Teonova etsy store where they have a selection of "ready to be shipped" masks. The highlight is the high number of "animal" masks... some mythological creatures like dragons and unicorns too... but mostly animals like foxes, wolves, owls, rabbits, cats... and some other animals not so common to see among leather mask crafters.
Above: selection of examples of "Green Men" masks
The Art of the Mask is a shop in etsy that features some of the most awesome fae inspired masks I've seen. Surreal and some of them with a spice of dark. They are made of paper mache and made to be worn (though many will have a hoop ring so you can attach them also to the wall). The crafter uses imported 100% wool paper that makes the mask durable yet lightweight and also makes all of the embellishments (leaves, flowers, etc.) with either wool or parchment papers. Things like berries, rose hips, and acorns are made with paper clay. They are delicate and stunning one of a kind items and though no two masks are exactly alike, she can produce multiples of any thing you see here ... or make a mask to suit your fancy as custom work.
Tom Banwell: Leather and resin projects is a blog maintained by this artist and crafter where we can see his projects and commissions. He also does link to items ready to be purchased and shipped. The quality of the steampunks is really outstanding. He and his wife design, cut and paint the maks themselves in their studio located in California.
Note: not knowing really what "Steampunk" means? Please the wikipedia definition of this fantasy/sci-fi genre and trend.