While many see plague masks as frightening these days, I like to think of them as positive things. The good people that wore them during the plague were administering medicine, support and hope to plague victims and their families. The masks large noses were stuffed with herbs and aromatics to try and stay safe, often to no avail.

It seemed only right that this plague mask series was created with thousands of tiny dots representing the fleas that caused the plague. I used three sizes of black art pens (1, 0.5 & 0.05) and many hours of stippling (not pointillism, that's a different artform) to create the different textures of fabrics or leather.

Unmounted Print

• Printed as a 6"x9" image on 300gsm, high quality cotton rich white paper giving a lovely smooth finish and top quality printing.
• Supplied without a mount in a hard backed envelope / an envelope with an appropriately sized piece of strong card.

A4 Mounted Print

• Printed as a 6" x 9" image on high quality, slightly off-white watercolour paper giving a smart, crisp finish.
• Fixed to a white, bevel-cut mounting card ready for you to frame at home.

A4 Framed Print

• Printed as a 6" x 9" image on high quality, slightly off-white watercolour paper giving a smart, crisp finish.
• Fixed to a white, bevel-cut mounting card, and sealed into an A4 black frame.

Limited Edition

• • Limited to only 25 editions of this type.
  • Printed as a 6" x 9" image on high quality, slightly off-white watercolour paper giving a smart, crisp finish.
  • Embossed with a 'Bad Dave Limited Edition' stamp noting the number of the limited edition.
  • Hand signed by the artist.
  • Fixed to a white, bevel-cut mounting card, and sealed into an A4 black frame
  • ertificate and wax seal of Authentication on the back noting the key elements that make up this a genuine Bad Dave Limited Edition (Generic photo)

Original

• Created on A4 white 300gsm, smooth watercolour paper
• The edges sit inside the white, bevel-cut mounting card so remain visible.
• Sealed into an A4 black frame.
• Certificate of Authenticity fixed to back of frame along with a wax seal imprinted with Bad Dave's Orleander blossom.

Bad Dave Says

These Plague Masks have been a labour of love. Each piece to about two days to create, layer by layer.  

Care

Just in case, do not place over a direct heat source; keep out of strong sunlight. Probably not best for a child's bedroom...

Handmade in the UK by a small, independent business, and also printed in the UK by another small, independent business.