Mask Makers Web

Why giant puppets? They're big. The puppet project uses the apparent simplicity of spectacle as part of a process of creating critical publics, in this case, around issues of food democracy. The puppets and narrative under way are based upon the motto of the Poughkeepsie Farm Project -- connecting food, land and community. The story they tell is a three-part CSA story: the not-at-all simple story of 1) how it came to be that the average bit of food travels 1500 miles from plow to plate, 2) of the mechanisms and implications of this literal distancing of people from their sources of food, of 3) what it might mean to bring food, farm and community into meaningful connection as CSA does. The central characters and largest of the puppets personify "food", "land," and "community."

Added on: Oct 07, 2002 | Hits: 865

Besides being a scientist, Prof. Mosko Moskov has several performances in art. He takes up poetry, painting and the art of making masks. He is the author of the poetry collection: "Life and I ,death and I, my Ego and I". In the fields of fine arts he has created more than 100 pieces of art - 70 of them you can see in this site. Prof. Moskov has made masks for 30 years, now, by using materials that he has gathered from the see coast or taken from the see itself. These materials are see-shells, periwinkles, animal bones, stones as well as industrial wastes.

Added on: Apr 09, 2001 | Hits: 890

LAUREN RAINE holds a BFA from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MFA from the University of Arizona. She has also attended Otis Art Institute and the New England Institute for Art Therapy. She has been a painter, performance artist, poet, and maskmaker for 25 years, with work in private and public collections. She is especially interested in art that facilitates self-discovery, and the experience of community. Currently, she creates masks for performance and for exhibition. In her workshops she assists others to explore the Mythic Realms within all of us, to celebrate Rites of Passage, and touch the Living Earth through Art.

Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 1046

Don Pongracz is Haida-Gwaii of the Old Massett Band on the Queen Charlotte, Islands. His cultural heritage has always been important to him. engineer). Don has learned from his own culture, as a child, from Elders on the Port Simpson Reserve, and has carved with such known native artisans as Glen Wood and Joe Peters Jr. Don's carvings are reflective of a lifetime of study.

Added on: Dec 29, 2000 | Hits: 995

Handcrafted masks by award winning artist Alyssa Ravenwood. Masks for performance and masquerade. Expressive theater masks: Commedia masks, Greek Theater masks, Character masks. Beautiful fantasy masks for Renaissance Fairs, Halloween and Mardi Gras.

Added on: Sep 17, 2004 | Hits: 2371

- His masks

Added on: Jan 17, 2001 | Hits: 877

Reinaldo Rodr?guez es un artista mayag?ezano del Barrio Quebrada Grande. A principios del 2000 realiz? una destacada exposici?n en la galer?a Arte y M?scaras del Viejo San Juan. All? exhibi? una colecci?n de m?scaras y pinturas. Esta incluye desde m?scaras en bolsas de estraza hasta imponentes y melenudos vejigantes.

Added on: Jan 17, 2001 | Hits: 876

Site in german. A maskartist of many exciting faces. "Das Hineinschl?pfen in die Maske wandelt uns. Wir werden zu einem Wesen einer anderen Welt. Im halbdunklen Licht trifft dieses Maskenwesen auf eine zweite Maskengestalt. Sie haben die Bewegung ihrer K?rper, um sich etwas mitzuteilen. Was werden sie sich erz?hlen? Musik erklingt vom Rand der B?hne. Gongs, Trommeln, Fl?ten machen das Geschehen h?rbar. Die Begegnung der Masken beginnt. Nach dem Maskenspiel erz?hlen wir im Kreis der Spieler und Zuh?rer, was wir erlebt haben. "

Added on: Jul 03, 2002 | Hits: 938

Arttherapy,Performances, Exhibitions, Workshops, Education. Jeder Mensch kann im k?nstlerischen Handeln das heilende Element erfahren: In der ganzen Menschheitsgeschichte, in allen Kulturen wurde Kunst immer in Zusammenhang mit Heilen gebracht. Rhytmische, t?nzerische, theatralische Elemente, Masken, Skulpturen, Bilder, Musik, Poesie sind urspr?nglich Ausdruck von Heilritualen.

Added on: Nov 21, 2002 | Hits: 881

Maier has exhibited his works at many Native American Shows, including the Denver Western Art Show and Red Earth in Oklahoma City.

Added on: Jan 17, 2001 | Hits: 1191

ROXANNE - ATELI? DE M?SCARAS RUA LOPES CHAVES, 451 - S?o Paulo - SP - Brasil

Added on: Jan 18, 2001 | Hits: 915

We have been making the masks & the dolls in New Orleans for 16 years now. All our custom made dolls & masks are tastefully designed by us . We could make any color, any size & any design that you desire . We have carefully designed our unique hand made masks and dolls with reasonable prices.

Added on: Apr 09, 2001 | Hits: 1445

collection of the Artwork of Ryan Miller, including sculptures, masks, creepy makeups, drawings and more!! If you like cool stuff check us out!!

Added on: Mar 17, 2002 | Hits: 943

Masks for costuming and collecting in papier mache, fiberglass, and other materials by artist Carrie Rouillard. Full head, three dimensional animal masks a specialty.

Added on: Nov 30, 2001 | Hits: 1032

Since 1986 Jeff Semmerling and Sonja Schaefer have marketed their comfortable, durable, quality mask art. write us about the Chicago Mask adn Puppet Market Masks designed and contructed by Jeff Semmerling and Sonja Schaefer are made of leather, feathers, and other quality materials. ... Beskrivelse: Masks in leather, feathers, and other materials. Online catalog.

Added on: Apr 07, 2003 | Hits: 1059

Background information on Native American sculptor Edward Ned Bear (Plains Cree) from Canada. Interacrtive masks (3) rotates side to side by mouse cursor, once selected on homepage. Some audio provided.

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The ancient shamanic rite of mask-making is a powerful healing ritual to awaken to archetypal energies and rebalance energies. It is a process of going into a quiet meditative state to call upon the unconscious forces to surface. The image is "dreamed" into the mask as it is molded to one's face. Then through the art of designing the mask, the energies surface in the conscious mind enabling you to work with them in your life and awaken you to deeper and higher states of awareness. I am available to do individual one-on-one mask-making healings or mask-making workshops.

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Each Powermask is made from the wood of the Queen Palm that grows in South West Florida. As the artist feels each piece of palm wood she holds it until she senses the essence or the spirit of the wood. A story and/or lessons about life are taught through the use of etchings and multi colored paintings. Those who are engaged in their own desire for improvement and spiritual growth can use the Power Masks as an adjunct tool/technique for meditation and visualization. The artist feels the Masks can be helpful in trying to reduce the stress of daily life.

Added on: May 12, 2002 | Hits: 929

Beautiful Venetian masks. "As an Art Shaman, Farago conjures a world of drama, irony, and whimsy using archetypes such as the romantic, the fool and the hypocrite. She embraces art as a way to solve the innate dilemma of the human condition."

Added on: Apr 27, 2003 | Hits: 923

" I would like to share these masks that Stormy, my Fall/Winter-season intern made at the end of her internship, and since then. I think her work is absolutely fantastic, and I want you all to tell her how much you like it too. :) " Goblin Art

Added on: Oct 04, 2002 | Hits: 938

Mit seiner Vielfalt und Detailpflege beeindruckt der umfangreiche Kost?m-Fundus, von dessen 70j?hriger Geschichte ?ber 250.000 Kost?me und Uniformen erz?hlen. Diese Schatzkammer birgt originale Kleidungsst?cke von der Jahrhundertwende bis in die Neuzeit sowie sorgf?ltig angefertigte historische Kost?me aus studioeigenen Werkst?tten

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"Her soft, colorful masks are still decorated in the old style, using virtually anything at hand. But instead of the broken jewelry, bird feathers, and animal bones her ancestors might have gathered on their farms, Launey "scavenges? at the craft supply section of her local Wal-Mart. She might use a plastic snake for a tongue or shoulder pads for lips"

Added on: Apr 03, 2001 | Hits: 915

One of the world's most skillful mask makers, Swedana resides in the village of Mas near Ubud in Bali, Indonesia. Taught by his father in the family tradition.

Added on: Jun 01, 2001 | Hits: 910

The first time I saw Michelangelo's David I was five years old. The second time I saw it I was thirteen and it shocked me because of how much it had shrunk. Michelangelo wrote - 'Whoever does not like the leaves ought not to come here in May.' The story is time, cronos, circular time. The size and shape of things change. Everything influences me even in its absence. Without the memories that I have developed through time I would be a child freshly born...no, I would be just-conceived. I am always building on this story and working toward the end of it, may it be death or forgetfulness. I end up spending a large portion of my time making things that seem to have little purpose like paintings, sculptures, masks, and music. I get absorbed in them and trough them. I sometimes brush up against that being before memory started...if memory started. It's like digging to find a hole.?

Added on: Feb 26, 2001 | Hits: 901

At the Belfry we create custom masks just about anything. Mardi Gras, Costume Balls, Theatre ... you name it, we can design it.

Added on: Jun 24, 2002 | Hits: 1090