While some people have been busy making cloth face masks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, one Chilliwack man has made a mask quite unlike any other around town.
Owen Chester has handcrafted a leather B次元官网网址榝acehuggerB次元官网网址� mask.
People who have seen the movie Alien would be familiar with facehuggers.
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| Owen Chester handmade this 'facehugger' mask out of leather. He's pictured at his Chilliwack home on Sept. 2, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress) |
Being a heavily tattooed, motorcycle-riding, long-haired man, the mask actually does suit him.
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The mask is made out of vegetable tanned leather and is about two millimetres thick. He hand-cut and hand-stitched the entire thing himself and said the tail was the most difficult part to make.
The whole thing took him about 20 hours to assemble. Pretty impressive for someone whoB次元官网网址檚 only been working with leather for about two and a half years.
Chester has made other items out of leather as well like wallets, top hats and an aviator cap. He also paints, draws and does air-brushing. HeB次元官网网址檚 even air-brushed skulls on the fender and dash panel of his motorcycle.
He has not yet worn the facehugger mask out in public and is not sure if he ever will, but itB次元官网网址檚 definitely a conversation piece even when itB次元官网网址檚 not hugging a face.
Chester brought it to the Chilliwack Salvation Army where he volunteers every Thursday and showed it to the folks there. They were wowed with his skill and the detail of the piece.
Even though he has no immediate plans to wear the mask in public, he does have another mask to put on. ItB次元官网网址檚 a black leather one he made, which looks very similar to a form-fitted cloth mask, and one that is not nearly as shocking as the facehugger.
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