gas mask on technabob...

If you absolutely, positively must wear a gas mask, you might as well do it with extreme style and panache.

Artist Tom Banwell works with leather and resin to make rayguns, helmets, and absolutely incredible masks like this one. The “ear” is the best part, I think, though the sinister trunk looks like something out…

Knitter/Yes Woman teriyakimoto’s friend wanted a “knitted gas mask + hat to wear for winter bike trips to work”. I think it’s safe to say that this friend has quite specific needs. Teriyakimoto obliged, braving the depths of absurdity and the fact that she had no pattern to work with, and returned from her knitting…