I Hate Halloween ... So I Made a Mask Anyways

[@polycrafty]

Mr. Orville Peck needs to commission a mask from you! Fantastic work! Totally fierce! I can picture it in one of his surreal music videos, lit and unlit.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

That would be amazing. I would love the opportunity to collaborate with him :)

[@rachelash6325]

1. Your final mask is beautiful. I wanted to see your approach to organizing and attaching the feathers especially. 2. Your vulnerability and discussion about your negative inner voice reminds me of Mr. Rogers and his very intentional and kind choice to expose those insecurities in his show to open healthy dialogues for children. Thank you for doing something similar for sewists and artisans.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

I should watch Mr. Rogers. I know of, but have never seen the show. I like the idea of what you mention. Thanks for sharing.

[@veexisxme]

I love it when creators use stuff they have on hand! So much creativity in that. This was super fun and I really enjoyed watching your process.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Indeed, creativity often comes from the limitations. Thanks for watching!

[@PaisanosRoostFarm]

The mean inner voice gets distracted when I stream 40s jazz while working in my quilting studio/office

[@millville]

strange but true ... I like to listen to Judge Judy episodes playing in the background!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Oh nice, that sounds very classy. Good on you!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

@millville if it works, it works.

[@millville]

@@CorneliusQuiring PS. Now and then there are Judge Judy cases for wonky sewing commissions that keep me in stitches.

[@judih.8754]

Corn you have outdone yourself! This mask looks magical. I too used to not enjoy dressing up as I considered it silly but I have come to appreciate that sometimes we need to be silly. Its a human trait not enough people take advantage of; to laugh at ourselves perhaps or just give in to whimsy. After all there is still that child buried under all the layers of adulthood. I do hope you enjoy yourself at whatever Halloween festivities you go to!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

I appreciate your approach to life. Indeed, in all of us is the young child we started out as. Well said.

[@sonipitts]

Whoa...that mask is AMAZING! And I really appreciated seeing your inspirational journey and how you combined ideas to come up with the final project. Even the lights would really shine (pun intended) in their proper setting, out in the dark of night...say, on a Venetian plaza as you cavorted with fellow masquerade party goers under the stars. 🧡 Thanks so much for sharing your inner journey on this project. It is super helpful to know the rest of us are not alone in having those experiences. As for the inner voices, one perspective I have learned to take is to ask myself what that inner voice is telling me about what I'm afraid of or what else might be wrong. Often, if the voice is on the whiny or frustrated side, when I look past the thoughts I'll find that I'm tired, or hungry, or my brain is completely zapped. And if it's more on the avoidant or procrastinating side, it's usually because I'm running up against an underlying source of fear or anxiety (for me, that is usually a failure to achieve perfection or "success," an artifact left over from being a "gifted child" in an otherwise bad home situation whose only source of positive reinforcement and safety was consistently performing at a high level). In the former case, I stop and take care of the physical needs and come back the next day refreshed. In the latter, I refocus on the PROCESS and what I can learn from it or otherwise get out of the project. It also helps to just give yourself permission to play and have fun, and that be all there needs to be.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

That sounds like a great party to be at! I need to book my flight :) I also really like the way you think about it and that it's about the fears. I'm going to give this some thought. Thank you for sharing.

[@deanjames3831]

So glad you had the talk with yourself and allowed yourself to have fun and create this. Thanks for sharing your challenges and successes with this. It's marvelous!!!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you. I appreciate your kind words and indeed the creativity was worth it.

[@daxxydog5777]

You lost thread chicken with the gold embellishments. I did that today as well. And bobbin chicken earlier in the day. The lights were my favorite part.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Haha, I sure did. We all do at some point :) Also, thank you.

[@GeminiStars]

I love watching craftsmen like yourself work on projects, and especially when the video isn't sped up. I always feel like I'm slow when it comes to making things, *especially* sewing, so it's nice to see that it takes time for everyone. That's just how it is to get a great result like you did with your mask. Thank you for sharing!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Oh wonderful, I'm glad to hear my approach works for you and thank you for sharing a bit about your process as well.

[@livinginthenow]

Love. That. Mask! As for the critical inner voice, I find that consciously accepting that the weird, silly, out-of-the-box-onto-the-floor-and-out-the-door ideas are a part of who I am, AND they are quite often the precursors to projects I end up really loving, makes it easier to carry on with what I'm doing. If that doesn't work, you could always channel Sarah from the Labyrinth and tell your inner denigrators, "You have no power over me!"

[@CorneliusQuiring]

I like that. I appreciate the embrace of the weird. Also good point, they have no power!

[@EuphemiaGrubb]

I shout at my inner voice very loudly to SHUT UP! and call it a BLOODY LIAR! Then have a good laugh. LOLOL Inner voices don't you to laugh... Fantastic Mask by the way.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Now you have an approach I can get behind. I just may try this next time!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

LOVE THIS!

[@lynnb-TruckCastreauJr]

What a beautiful creation! It's sure to be a hit! As to my inner mean voice, when it opens its mouth, I just tell it to go away and be quiet. Then I complete my project in blissful silence.

[@millville]

... and the sound of sewing ... and the sound of kids playing outside ...

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Well you're a real master of that inner voice if yours ... and I'm a bit jealous :)

[@lynnb-TruckCastreauJr]

@@millville The sound of sewing doesn't count as noise...it's simply part of the task at hand. As to kids, no, there are none here. I live rurally, so there is exactly zero sound from neighbors. It truly is blissful silence.

[@lynnb-TruckCastreauJr]

@@CorneliusQuiring I had a very different upbringing and had to learn how to not beat myself up all the time. In other words...I was pretty much forced to learn how to master my inner voice.

[@VermisTerrae]

8:00 Fun fact, making the "ok" hand shape facing toward you and then rotating out like that is one way to sign "19" in ASL :)

[@anneh4940]

The mask is magnificent.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Well thank you :)

[@cindyjuttner8012]

I honestly think we all enjoy every single of your genuine and genius ways to think out loud. We relate or we wouldn’t be listening to your ideas over and over. With you I learn every time, about sewing, creativity, neatness, humility and braveness at the same time, also communication skills, studying and planning strategies… and so so so much more. I admire you every time a little and a lot more. So good for you that you don’t like Halloween and manage to create a video and a lot of work so that we can follow. I don’t like the season my self but you are worth the time and focus. So thank you and please go on. Blessings from Costa Rica in Central America.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Oh my. Thank you for the very kind and warm comment. I'm glad to hear you enjoy and appreciate my efforts. It's very encouraging to hear.

[@ZeldaSews]

Cornelius, You did a great job with your mask! Have a blessed week!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you. May yours be equally blessed.

[@SilviaN1]

What a piece of art! About the inner voice: I just give it a kiss and a smile. It usually works 😊

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Now this is one of the best approaches I've heard yet! Thanks for sharing.

[@Star-Pilled]

Wow the mask is AMAZING

[@CorneliusQuiring]

You are kind, thank you.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

My inner voice usually isn't that mean about my projects, just my failings as a person. With projects, if it's not working or my dreams exceed my abilities, I've given myself permission to put the project in the corner while I think about what it's done. I also have a rule that before starting any new project I have to do a mending project, darn 1D6 socks and complete or at least seriously revisit something in the UnFinished Objects box, so eventually things do get finished, often to my satisfaction. But when things aren't as good as I'd hoped, I remind myself that they're still better than if I'd never tried, and that I learned more making mistakes and trying to fix them than I would if I'd somehow gotten it right the first time. That said, I think your mask looks wonderful. Very creative, and I especially like how you got the feathers in place.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself and your process. I like your approach of walking away and coming back to it. Especially that you make yourself mend something. I don't go back and fix enough things so I just may adopt this approach!

[@brittanygreen]

One word on this mask: You brought me back to my music in my high school days. #nostalgia #regret.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Oh nice, that sounds like real nostalgia indeed!

[@brittanygreen]

@CorneliusQuiring The reason for the "regret" is I'm a Christian now, but was a grunge fan back then. The song was "Rooster" by Alice in Chains. Anyway, cool mask, my friend loved it.

[@Jayashuklagorakhpur]

Hi my dear great artist brother, I salute you 🙏 ❤

[@CorneliusQuiring]

And I send salutations right back :)

[@peepers4763]

Yes, Wow! The creative mind amazes me.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Indeed, peoples creativity never ceases to amaze me as well.

[@dozergetscrafty]

I have 2 Welsummer roosters. They are magnificent.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Oh nice. You must be up at the break of dawn every day :)

[@digging4roots]

Incredible! re inner chatter: for me, it depends on the cause which then results in a number of different actions on my part. If it's because of something said to me, or even about me, I generally just remind myself to ignore it as those words/actions hold no sway over me. If it's because I'm stuck creatively, I simply put it aside for another day. Sometimes I come back to it, sometimes not. I just don't let it be a bother because it's not worth it. If I'm not happy with the end result, I first decide if I want to try again (and I usually do) and then I sit down and write out what I'm not happy with. From there, I work out what I might try to do differently. I don't take negative internal chatter to heart and remind myself, when there's a will, there's a way. At my age though, I don't always have the will. 😂

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Ahhh yes, the will challenge :) haha. It sounds like you have a very methodical approach to the way you do things and I like it. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@digging4roots]

@@CorneliusQuiring You're quite welcome. I don't know about methodical ... I think it developed over my lifetime. I'm 67 (for a bit longer).

[@michaelmontgomery6388]

Great mask🪶👍 P.s. I also bought the 5th edition of metric pattern cutting for menswear. By Winifred Aldrich. I'm just about to start learning to sew on a sewing machine. The Uten 2685 series. Hope I've made the right decision 🤔 Keep up the great work you do 👍

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you. Also yes that book has been really helpful for to learn drafting.

[@lisahodges8299]

Love it. Birdy

[@CorneliusQuiring]

🤠🙏🏻

[@janepatterson3489]

I’d add some glow powder to the flowers. It would in hanse the glow at night effect.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

That's a great idea!

[@G.L.McCarthy-vr1oe]

Enjoyed the migration of feathers to the cowboy hats😉Another fun project! Inner dialogue can be overwhelming, helps when the project is so engrossing that I zone out. But it's a real struggle sometimes. Humans, go figure...

[@CorneliusQuiring]

It sounds like you have a fairly healthy relationship with the inner dialogue of yours, which is great to hear. Humans indeed.

[@jaym5938]

Very helpful. Thank you!. That fringe is way too expensive.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thanks for watching. It's expensive indeed!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I love it!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@kimbercoleman7089]

That is so cool! Your inner voice needs to be kinder to you!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Indeed :) We're working on it.

[@donnalewis4895]

This truly is a magnificent mask. Now you need a mannequin head to display it properly. As for your chicken logo I always thought it started out as a piece of candycorn the shape of it for your name Cornelius. See what I mean by the shape? Lol. LOVE the mask. 😊

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you for the kind words about the mask! I agree on the mannequin head! Also, that's a fun origin story for the logo as well :)

[@welc0meh0me]

You get a gold star for this one! Stunning and clever. 👏🏻 What’s the topper?!? 😁

[@CorneliusQuiring]

The lights were the topper. Also a gold star is more than I could ask for :)

[@AndrewTrembley]

Electroluminescent wire is awful. The driver circuitry is high voltage and makes squealing noises. The brightness... isn't. But we've all tried it. I've only seen one truly effective use, in Danny Saucedo's performance of his song "Amazing" at Melodiestivalen (it's here on KZbin). Very professional, but each dancer was wearing 14 kilos of batteries, and that was only enough battery for about 5 minutes of performance. LED strips are safer. Also much brighter and cheaper now.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I was quite disappointed in the lack of brightness, so now I know why. I will keep this in mind should I ever need to use anything similar again.

[@millville]

Re: Inner Chatter!, Every time I head over to my Sewing Room, it starts! It is a kind of 'dumb, you forgot, it is indulgent of you, wonky sewing machine etc,...' Sewing yes, but Pumpkin Carving! (plus USA election news):

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Ahhhh, it's a shame it happens when you're about to get to it. Hopefully you're able to manage it.

[@millville]

@@CorneliusQuiring ... I think of it as my daily dose of humbleness.

[@dawsie]

I had to roll back to watch, have been suffering through the first heatwave of summer🤔🤔🤔the only issue with that statement is, officially it’s not summer for another 4 weeks😳🤷🏽‍♀️🙈yep the heat made me fall asleep but I heard everything so hearing one thing, and my sleeping mind filling in the blanks yep had to watch to remove the edited version from my mind with your version of reality 🤣😂glad that I had rolled back the video. The mask is stunning and would fit right in with the Masquerade balls held in Venice every year. That inner voice, I’m sure it was created to stop us from having fun, I have never been able to out bid mine, if not for my Dad, I swear he has a sixth sense to when I’m fighting with my inner voice and I’m losing the battle. He just walks past telling me “nope not today, you can go take a hike” 🤣😂 for creative people that inner voice can be stifling, because of Dad I have been able to go head to head with mine at times and win. Right now the frogs outside my window are singing and dancing in the rain 😂it’s fun and very distracting especially after a week long heatwave. That has helped me to refocus on what is really important to me. Sometimes life just gets away from us, so having something so silly and frivolous presented to us helps to brake up the conversation going on in one’s head space

[@CorneliusQuiring]

It sounds like you has an absolutely wonderful father and thank you for sharing a slice of your life with us.

[@annschluchter2962]

Goofy is one aspect of Halloween🎭👺

[@CorneliusQuiring]

You bring up a great point!

[@LindaTrap]

This is so cool!! It made me think of a character from Zelda or something. Very cool! And if you dont like Halloween maybe think of it as a comic con costume design or inspiration. Very cool! Also, I sometimes just tell my inner voice to shut up because it's being an asshole. Works like 20% of the time. And also therapy :) and yes, I read your description underneath the video :)

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Ohhh woooow, you're the first person to mention reading the descriptions. Thank you for sharing. Also, 20% is a pretty amazing average. That's 1 out of every 5 times :) 🤠🙏🏻

[@janepatterson3489]

I would have used leather. Getting it wet would have helped with the shaping. The band is a good idea, but traditional the ties were ribbon, that hardwear would hurt the back of your head after a while.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you for your tips. I will consider them for the next time I do something similar.

[@newdimension4731]

CORNELIUS.......they're coming for the EGGS....... kzbin.infocqTW91jo4PU 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Awesome mask... hope you do another one next year!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

haha! Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@padminimayur4049]

I'm Pecked! I'm Turkeyed!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

bak bak (or however one writes turkey).

[@yvonneburns2786]

Och your away wi' the birds .. in a good way! But anyways now you have the mask, so where's the costume to match?

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Thank you. Perhaps a full costume comes next :)

[@paulstingray]

Love ya vids! Watched you for a long time, thought I should give you a comment for the algorithm! tiger!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

You're a true hero! Thank you for the continued support and for tuning in.

[@TheWoodburningWarrior]

Totally not related to your video LOL but I'm trying to dress in the 18th century and I have my dress and everything already done but I don't know how to make a bonnet or a head covering for that century, do you know of any videos that can help?

[@daxxydog5777]

Try Morgan Donner and Abby Cox. Abby was a big contributor to American Duchess’ book on 18th century everything.

[@TheWoodburningWarrior]

@@daxxydog5777 Ah ok thanks

[@OutlawDressmaker]

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!!!!!!!!

[@CorneliusQuiring]

🐓

[@vongimbelgroup]

Not everyone has that inner dialog

[@bonnieprater5124]

What would that feel like? Wish I knew! 😂

[@EuphemiaGrubb]

@@bonnieprater5124 Yes, I'd be quite lonely and wouldn't have anyone to shout at.

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Ahh, interesting. also, lucky?! @vongimbelgroup

[@zozo-yy2gl]

bro please go to the gym and gain massive muscles you have the perfect shoulders and skeleton youre a greek god veiled by vines

[@CorneliusQuiring]

Well thank you. I appreciate the motivation.