Japanese Style Leather Mask and Pins

Etsy Seller Merimask has a superb range of masks and pins that are made exclusively in sculpted leather.

She has supplied for Cirque Du Soleil before and all designs are functional, wearable art, with each piece being entirely unique.

Here are a selection of Japan themed items. This is the Cloud Dragon Mask – inspired by Ukiyo-e art:

Here’s a leather Japanese Maple Leaf Pin.

Some tiny Koi pins:

This is a Black Kitsune Mask, based loosely on the traditional Kyogen theater Kitsune (fox).

And this is the Oni Mask. An oni is a demon-like creature from Japanese folklore. This one is based on traditional Kabuki depictions, with large intense eyes and horns.

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