I had this idea for a while but only now got around to actually making it. I also wasn't sure just how that super long and thin beak was going to work with 7-oz leather, but it works! Sometimes it gets pushed sliiiightly askew, but it's easily fixed. This is only an issue because the extending beak is so thin!

This is loosely based on the plumage of the male ruby throated hummingbird, with some artistic license taken in order to make it fit a human face. These birds are really a treat to see in a garden! The 'hum' is almost insect-like, but deeper. Photos simply do not do these iridescent birds justice, and as much as I tried to capture that iridescence in this mask, art will always fall short of the real thing! :D

7-oz hand tooled and shaped leather and painted with acrylics.