Skin Switching Selkie Mask

I've always wanted to make something selkie inspired and when I saw the contest I knew this was it. The idea is that I'm pulling my selkie skin off to emerge as a human. I wanted it to retain the feel of a mask so I made obvious bows and attachments and used pink silk to symbolize the flesh under skin rather than trying to render it.

It's cardboard (half a tissue box and some shirt cardboard) cut and taped together with silky material gued on that I painted with acrylic paint. The ribbons are strung through and tie in the back. It ended up being much more labor intensive than I expected (parts of three days to make) but I loved doing it and found it very inspiring.

I'm going to upload a picture that shows the mask better and link to it.