This Dragon Tail Is Made With Anodized Titanium Scales, Which The Commissioner Special-ordered And Sent

This dragon tail is made with anodized titanium scales, which the commissioner special-ordered and sent to me. This is definitely the most beautiful material I've worked with. There were 5 different colors of titanium used here, but because of the way the anodizing works there is a good amount of color variation from one scale to the next, or even within a single scale. It gives the whole piece a cool iridescent appearance.

This tail also has a stainless steel underbelly, which will match with the chrome spikes that I'll be installing down the spine. But I wanted to get photos of it before I did that.

Hex grids are fun. They're like honeycombs, or '60s sci-fi. Which are two awfully disparate genres to put in the same sentence. I designed these thinner buckled bracelets last week, in preparation for the craft fair I had a table at. I wanted to make a buckled, adjustable bracelet design that worked at a thinner width. I think these turned out pretty reasonably, though I will probably adjust the design a tiny bit next time I make some, to make it cut a bit faster. I just posted this up to my Etsy page. I haven't had a chance to get photos of this design being worn, so there will be more photos coming in the future.

This tail has a lot of stuff going on. It used 6 different types and sizes of metal claw spike down the spine, with a big increase and decrease in size towards the middle. It also has a diamond-shaped spade tip that attaches to the tip, made of leather and painted gold.

I designed this mask recently while I was feeling in a mood for some Halloween creepy crawlies. The centipedes are made with a bookbinding stitch called a caterpillar stitch, which I've used on a few things.

Here it is for sale. I'm not sure if I'll make another one with the same design. I'd like to make more, but I'm enamored with the idea of rearranging the centipedes differently on each one I make.

Prototyping in paper with scissors and tape. Then I transferred that into a CAD program, cut it out of leather, and stained it. Next comes sewing everything together.

I've been thinking recently about mask designs that would be wearable with glasses. Here's my first design that I'm happy with. It's kind of a crown or helm concept, which goes across the forehead and then down the sides of the face. I based the cross-hatched design on my popular sea dragon mask design.

Another concept I've been playing with is to just remove the bridge of the nose portion of the mask, so your glasses can rest on the nose like they're designed to. But I haven't yet come up with any designs of that type which I've been particularly fond of.

Since I thought this design was a success, I've posted it up for sale on my Etsy page.