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Here is a link to my mask making Facebook page. Updated almost daily with every mask project I am working on including personal work and custom commissions. Check it out!

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Mike Chase masks for sale, workshops, events, and articles on masks.

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Specializing in Custom Leather & Neoprene Theatre Masks for Commedia dell?Arte, Pro-Wrestling, Opera, Dance, Clowns, Fashion, Custom made masks, Clown Noses, specializes in molding leather, odd projects & Judaica and teaching workshops. Clients include, Big Apple Circus, Patch Adams, WWF, WWE ?Mankind?, Phantom of the Opera.

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Article by Marilyn Davis, ed, published fall 2003 in the research magazine - PERSPECTIVES - at Southern Illinois University. Article portraying associate professor of theater at SIUC Ron Naversen`s passion for masks.Especially the mask carving tradition of Bali.

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The Return of the Goddess through Ritual and the Art of the Mask by Lauren Raine

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Africa. This headdress is worn for royal ceremonies by powerful members of society; such as princes and important business leaders.

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In 1620 it is recorded that a carpenter, Joan de Torrobas, was paid 88 "reales" to mend four Giants. It was the custom around that time to parade Giants in the evenings, after the bullfights, which were adorned with crackers and fireworks,(not unlike the present-day mechanical contrivance of the "Torch Bull" borne by a human) and which were frolicked around the square, before eventually ending up on the bonfire. This practice of having Giants in the celebrations continued through the greater part of the XVIII century, until in 1780, The King, Carlos III, banned " the use of dancing Giants for leading any religious processions inside or outside all churches within this Kingdom" (by Royal Decree of tenth of July, 1780) which put a stop to the use of any Giants during the San Fermin celebrations.

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Walking the Talk: Artists connecting with community

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Editor?s Note: This is the second in a series of articles concerning how St. Louis area kids can take part in the 2001 Earth Day activities. The first article appeared last month and additional articles will be included on Young Saint Louis.com?s April website.

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T?cuaro, Michoac?n, Mexico Very good article - with allround information about the Mexican mask tradition.

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A University paper: Masquerade played an integral role in English social life in the eighteenth century. Often referred to as "The World Upside-Down," masquerades provided participants with a forum for reestablishing and transcending their identities. This site attempts to provide relevant background information and analysis of the various components and functions of the English masquerade.

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The idea of the masquerade is often associated with a formal type of party scene with people in costumes carrying on sophisticated conversation, but in fact, in most instances, this was not the case. The masquerade was a release from public stigmas and mentalities. Attendees held an overall attitude of rebellion. The masquerade provided an escape from stereotypes and societal functions, and a way to experience life in a completely new reality......

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by Gregory Tobo My first experience with the neutral mask, was one of loss. I no longer had a mutable face by which I could express my emotions. As an actor, I had come to depend on my face to communicate. Now I could present only a blank unchanging visage.

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By: Christopher Baker The Balinese language has no separate word for art. To create is an integral part of existence; an activity as natural as planting and harvesting rice. Painting is everywhere, everywhere sculpture. As Noel Coward observed: "it appears that each Balinese native from the womb to the tomb is creative." Around Ubud and Mas, in Gianyar province, the shortest walk becomes a magical mystery tour of homegrown art, flourishing in courtyards where chickens scratch in the dirt and titiran birds coo-coo from their cages.

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Masquerading in Nigeria has become a significant instrument of the nation?s interethnic politics. There have been many instances of clashes between members of ethnically based masquerade cults and migrants from other ethnic groups

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See also the files: masks-msg, theater-bib, theater-msg, cosmetics-msg, puppets-msg, jesters-msg, fabric-paint-msg, guilds-msg, feathers-msg.

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Carnival arts offers all of us a dynamic tool for self-expression and exploration, a tool to seek out our roots, a tool to develop new forms of looking at the world and its cultures, and finally, a tool to unite the world, to discover what we all have in common, and to celebrate what makes us different. The power and creativity that underlies these art forms can transform lives. Join hands with All Ah We, and together we will dance the song of life! .......................... ......... This page is adapted from a slide show geared toward a middle-school level, and can be adapted for use in lower and higher grade levels.

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Feathers resemble human hair and can be interwoven like strands. A large number of mask forms and arrangements have been invented over time. Some of them are very complicated in nature while others are simple cardboard cuttings endeavored with feathers. Even an old featherduster can be turned into a stunning mask by skilled hands.

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Jord, ild, vand, luft. Site in Danish. by John Jensen. opgave fra Sl?jdl?rerskolen.

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Africa Masquerading in Nigeria has become a significant instrument of the nation?s interethnic politics. There have been many instances of clashes between members of ethnically based masquerade cults and migrants from other ethnic groups............................

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Christine Herold, Prof. of Literature. An article on "The English Mummers as Manifestation of the Social Self":

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brief. Encyclop?dia Britannica: " During the 16th century the European continental masque traveled to Tudor England, where it became a court entertainment played before the king. Gorgeous costumes, spectacular scenery with elaborate machinery to move it on- and offstage, and rich allegorical verse marked the English masque. During the reign of Elizabeth I the masque provided a vehicle for compliments paid to the queen at her palace and during her summer tours through England."

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My interests include African masks. Collection of African masks. Masks have also be used to discipline women, children, and criminals. For example, in Africa, a mother might paint a scary face on the bottom of a water gourd to make sure the child followed her directions. Along the Guinea coast of West Africa, many realistic masks represent ancestors; the masks symbolize sanction control when worn. The Dan and Ngere tribes of Liberia and Ivory Coast use ancestor masks as intermediaries for the transmission of petitions or offerings of respect to the gods.

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BY Radouane Nasry Narrative Introduction Ideological Masks Cosmogonic Masks Fertility rite Rites of passage Objectives Background information: The African mask is not ? The mask: Definition Elements of African art Sample of Student Handout Object Analysis Sample Lesson Plans Teacher Bibliography Student Bibliography Materials for classroom use

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by Priya Krishnaswamy briefly on Masks India

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