Made Another Collar To Continue Testing Out The Process. An Issue I Had On The Previous One Was That

Made another collar to continue testing out the process. An issue I had on the previous one was that my laser cutter is not large enough to cut the whole strap at once. But if I broke the top strap into multiple smaller pieces, I could get the necessary full length. So I tested out the idea by making a rainbow! Each color gets its own separate fragment of strap, and they all get attached down onto a sturdy base layer. I'm still working out the sizing though. The previous collar was smaller than I wanted, so I lengthened the straps a bit for this one. But without the extra layer of lining sewn in, this one ended up being rather longer than I'd wanted. So I guess I'll just have to make another one, oh woe is me. 2 layers of 8 oz vegetable-tanned leather, cut with the help of a laser, then dyed, finished and assembled by hand. Strap is 1.5" wide. This collar is available on my Etsy shop here. Also, everything on my Etsy shop is on sale for 20% off through 11/30! Get your black friday deals while they're hot!                                    

Here’s a black version of my glasses-compatible wolf mask. The first couple copies of it I made with a dark gray dye, which is fun sometimes, but it’s good to be able to show the more typical black.

I used a matte sealant so the shiny black on the nose would pop better.

It’s available on my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/773635709/wolf-mask-glasses-compatible

And I swear I’ll have the chain collar necklace available eventually. I need to get a tumbler first though because the quality of the rings my supplier has been making has gone down over the years, and the ends have been scratchier than is comfortable on the more sensitive skin of the neck. So I need the tumbler to smooth out the burs on the cuts. Frustration.

A friend recently ordered a bi pride scale maille choker necklace, so here it is along with the rainbow one I keep for myself. I swear the purple is actually purple in real life, the lighting that day was just particularly weird. These are made with large anodized aluminum scales, woven together with stainless steel rings. And here's the Etsy listing, if you'd like one for yourself!                                    

A couple more Pride bracelets I made for folks recently. The scale ones are a classic, and I’m slowly working my way through more pride flag combinations on those. The ring one (Japanese 6-in-1 pattern) was partially an excuse to try out some new gray rubber rings. I was pretty happy with the double-sided idea there; it can be worn showing either the white or gray rings as the background.

The scale ones are available here. The stretchy ring one isn’t a standard option, but you could get a similar one here and just tell me other colors to make it with.

And! In celebration of Anthro New England’s virtual convention this weekend, everything on my Etsy store is on sale for 20% off this weekend! If you’ve been eyeing something, now’s the time to jump on it!

A black version of my plague doctor hood. (Previously.)

I went for a lustrous finish coat on this, with silvered lenses that block off all view of the inside. I tend to prefer matte finishes on light colored pieces, but black does look really nice when it’s shiny.

This hood has ear-cups for comfort (with holes for good hearing), ventilation holes on the underside and side of the beak, and enough room inside to wear glasses underneath!

Designed by myself, laser-cut out of 4 oz vegetable-tanned leather, then formed, dyed, finished, riveted and sewn together by hand. It’s available here.

I'm slowly re-organizing the jewelry portion of my Etsy shop, combining the thin and wide versions of these sorts of bracelets into the same listings. Already did bronze and rainbow, next up is probably blackened steel.

(I'd previously combined the thin ones all into one listing and you chose the metal as an option, but I found that most of the sales were from the individual posts for wide bracelets of specific metals, so apparently that organization scheme was confusing to people.) 

Available here!