Cuir Bouilli ‘boiled leather’ Muzzel

I was experimenting with doing ‘Cuir Bouilli’, soaking leather in boiling water for different lengths of time, then moulding it on a form.

I wanted to produce pieces that had a dark sinister quality. At first glance to me the muzzel looked like a Highway Mans disguise.  or Hannibal Lecter’s look from the Silence of the Lambs