Hand-sewn and Crayoned Double-sided Cloth Mask geometric decoration most likely buffalo skin

most likely buffalo skin

I found my first Lantz mushroom piece a number of months ago and have been on the lookout ever since

and really don't think I have ever seen a better face on a cat than this one

On one side is a plan drawing

especially those raised eyebrows

Hand-sewn and Crayoned Double-sided Cloth Mask geometric decoration most likely buffalo skinI love a mesh Odd Fellows mask, which this one reminds me some of, but there's a different sort of satisfaction about those lines of sewing machine stitching on the cloth, framing the face in an off kilter way, that I think make this really great. I also love that it was drawn upon on both sides, crayon I believe, perhaps one side a first attempt superceded by the other, but having the effect of portraying two sides of one character, the backside