Mask artist Dave Gunnarsson about Beskorowany’s mask:

“When Tyler told me what he wanted on his new mask I was totally thrilled. He wanted a tribute design for his two musician heroes, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. I couldn´t wait to get started…. It was so incredible fun to paint this design. One side is dedicated [...]

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Mask artist Dave Gunnarsson has just released the first official photos of Jose Theodore’s “Tiki Gargoyle” mask. The Gargoyle was  a personal trademark on Theodore’s helmets, going back to his days in Montreal.  With most goaltenders, when they have a personal trademark design it just gets recoloured or repurposed in a new team’s colours. This [...]

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Mask artist Dave Gunnarsson has just released photos of occasional InGoal columnist Mike McKenna’s Ottawa Senators helmet. If you haven’t seen Mike’s work here, you should. It’s some of the most popular we have produced – especially his guide to a professional goaltender’s gear and customization.

As always Dave offers some comments on [...]

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To represent the Nashville Predators and their AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, mask artist Dave Gunnarsson has literally split Jeremy Smith’s mask between the two teams by painting an ocean diving the Admirals theme top half of the mask from the lower part representing the Predators.

 

David about the design:

“I am very happy [...]

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For David Aebischer’s return to North American hockey Dave Gunnarsson has created a mask that is a tribute to Aebischer’s Swiss heritage and to Canadian Aviation.

According to Dave:

“It was very exciting to create this design, a tribute to the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Aces of WW2. The design has a [...]

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Master mask artist Dave Gunnarsson has just released official photos of the Canucks top minor-league goaltender Eddie Lack’s latest mask – and incredible Canucks design that pays homage to both the regular and vintage stick in rink logos.

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Matthew Wilson, a graduate student in new media at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, completed a video project looking at the creation of the Tim Thomas “Grow your Mo” mask. He interviewed artist Steve Nash of Eyecandyair in his studio about the artistic inspiration for the design and the project in general, as [...]

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