Final Molded Rawhide Versus the Mold

Video Transcript

"Hi their on behalf of ExpertVillage.com I am Candance Copeland. I am here with my continuing process of explaining raw hide art and the process that I do. I wanted to give you and idea what one of the molds would like if you had this and what it looks like when it comes out of raw hide much more attractive I think. These are those funky old things from who knows when does say made in the USA which is exciting. That was tourist type item, but what I ended up doing instead of having him with his crossed legs was to add his blanket and his alter space. So I made a little native blanket. This is his tobacco cause he is holding his pipe. So this is his little sacred tobacco thats in here and then I put a nice little piece of pua shell there on his necklace and his fur is I am think is I use to get a lot of fur up in Alaska I fly Alaska layovers and go to the furry's and they let me dig through all their things for bear and coyote and all kinds of different kinds of fur so it made it fun to use to use for decoration on these pieces and then notice that I have the human hair braids coming down here and his again tollatly in the round that could be like a puppet."