Mask Makers Web

Robert Hangartner ist eidg. dipl. Holzbildhauermeister. Er ist seit 1983 Freischaffend. Kundenauftr?ge und freie, eigene Entw?rfe sind sein Spezialgebiet.

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NOVICA ARTIST A number of exhibitions in which Chico has participated testify to his reputation as an upstanding professional in his field. He has been present at almost all exhibitions on art organized by the American community in Ghana. He has been honored with invitations outside Ghana, some of which, though, he has had to decline due mainly to constraints of serious engagements in his home country. As a busy entrepreneur he has trained many people to help him with his business. Chico is a master restorer of collected antiques, as well as an imaginative creator of new carvings.

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Tim Paul learned carving skills at the Arts of the Raven Gallery in Victoria in 1975. He later assisted Richard Hunt in the Royal British Columbia Museum's carving program at Thunderbird Park in Victoria. In addition to his work as an artist, Tim is dedicated to upholding the traditions of his culture through teaching...............more

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Steinen is centrally situated in an area traditionally associated with pageants and carnivals. For many years we have been carving and painting the masks used in Central Switzerland at these festivities. We also create new artistic masks for societies and individual collectors. In addition we carve small heads for carnival dolls.

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Patrick Amos was born on Nootka Island located on the west coast of Vancouver Island into the Mowachaht Band, one of the fourteen member tribes of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. In 1979 he began carving wood, apprenticing with Tony Hunt Sr. at the Art of the Raven Gallery, in Victoria. Increasingly Patrick Amos is being commissioned for larger works and he now takes on apprentices to assist with these projects.

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Born: 1968 Tribal Affiliation: Kwakwaka'wakw Stephen Bruce began carving in 1986 working with local carvers Ned Matilpi, Beau Dick and Wayne Alfred. Stephen's masks, talking sticks, bowls and totem poles are executed with a precise and skillful hand. In 1995 Stephen was commissioned to care a totem pole as a territorial marker for the 'Namgis First Nation cemetery boundary. He recently completed a commission for the Vancouver International Airport.

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He now lives in Apuan Singapadu Gianyar and has practised mask making since grade three of elementary school, under tutorship of Ketut Mastra, a local mask maker. The first mask he made was a monkey mask and, over time, human mask and others of mythological characters for dance performance. He spent the money he collected from this artistic undertaking on his education. After graduation from a High School of Art, Tebe enrolled for the State Teaching Institute in Yogyakarta, Central Java. During his study in the Institute, he laid aside mask making to concentrate more on his study. He now works as a teacher for Sukawati 1 State Handcraft High School in Batubulan, Gianyar, and still practices mask making after his tutorial works. The masks he makes are mostly for dances related to religious ceremony such as "topeng Sidakarya", "topeng dedalem", "topeng jauk", "topeng barong", "topeng rangda", "topeng celuluk" and others. The wood for his masks is locally termed as kayu pule, a light kind of wood much credited by Hindu for its magical merit. He buys the wood in the markets around Singapadu and sometimes imports from Tabanan. Chisel and an indigenous implement called pangot are his working tools.

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NOVICA ARTIST Throughout my childhood I had always been interested in wood carvings and always wished to be a carver one day. In 1992 I ventured into wood carving and undertook a two and a half year course as an apprentice carver with Emmanuel Osei Ringo, a renowned carver who has greatly inspired me to greater heights. "My mum and dad gave me their blessings and have always been encouraging me. My wife is also a great inspirer, who has always been giving me ideas of what to do and to mean something. At the moment I am self-established, being assisted by my wife, who promotes my stuff, a shop attendant, three other professional carvers with twelve boys and five ladies training in my company, Penkstaraft. My products have been showcased in 15 countries abroad including the US and in various national exhibitions."

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"Shawn Karpes' training began in 1982 with George Hunt Jr., Jim Gilbert and Victor Newman during a Native art program sponsored by three levels of Victoria public schools. It was here that Shawn began experimenting in three-dimensional form. In this program, Shawn concentrated on basic design, painting and wood carving. Shawn's mother, Elizabeth Karpes (nee Alfred) was working at Arts of the Raven Gallery at this time and introduced Shawn to many carvers. As Shawn had been raised in Whitehorse and lived there until 1997, the world of Northwest Coast carving was a new experience to him although one to which he was connected by birth"............more

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Masks, puppets, workshops.

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Mr. Salgado has been creating masks for the last 63 years. Mr. Salgado learned this skill from several mask makers of the Magdalena neighborhood where he grew up. He was the first member of his family to practice this art. His masks are currently used for festivals and carnivals in the Uruapan region. Mr. Salgado creates over 60 different masks but unfortunately most of them have to be ordered with a delivery time ranging from 2 to 4 months depending of the mask. His specialty includes the dance of the Se?or Naranjo, and the dance of the Tataqueri, Corcovi, Negritos and Viejitos.

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Rick Cranston lives on Gabriola Island, where he is well known for his carved poles, masks, and painted ceremonial drums.

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Holzbildhauermeister - Figuren und Objekte in Holz Seestra?e1 76275 Ettlingen

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"Alutiq carver Jerry Laktonen (the last name comes from one of the Finnish Saame [Lapp] reindeer herders who were brought to Alaska in the late 1800?s to try and establish a reindeer herding industry) worked as a commercial fisherman for most of his adult life, coming to carving at age 45 only after fishing could no longer provide his family with a living. "

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I was part of the DellArte School of Physical Theatre's Bali Study Abroad program in the spring of 2003 and had the priveldge of studying under I Ketut Molog in his mask making studio. I have written an article with photographs outlining the process and techniques in carving a Balinese mask.

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Born 14 July 1911.Don Teodoro began carving at age 63 so if you find one of his masks, it is unlikely that it is more than 31 years old.He is able to carve one mask a day. Aguacate is his wood of preference.

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YOSHIKAWA TOURYU(Instructor of woodcraft class in Sanin-Chuo-Shimpo inc.)

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"In the path of life, we often times are met with difficult decisions. These decisions may create varied tangents, that sometime determine, or not, the outcome of our long-sought dreams. There seems to be no real indication where all this will eventually lead, in our days as actual physical beings, although our spiritual entity is one that holds an infinite trail. The physical roles we take part in are only vessels upon which we travel and fate is a consciousness, a wind that moves us, and no one person really knows for sure in what direction it blows. "

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Fabulous German wood carvers masks. You order masks here for carnival or masks as art to be hung on your walls. " Vor etwas mehr als 40 Jahren, begann Otto Pfaff, Holzbildhauermeister, mit der Herstellung von Miniaturmasken aus Kunststoff. Einige Zeit sp?ter, ?bernahm sein Sohn Willi Pfaff den Betrieb und leitet diesen noch heute. In den vielen Jahren wurde das Herstellungsverfahren weiter optimiert und ist heute auf einem sehr hohen Qualit?tsstandard. Dennoch werden alle unsere Produkte immer noch in sehr aufwendiger Handarbeit hergestellt. Jedes "M?skle" wird individuell nach Ihren Vorgaben entworfen und angefertigt. Informieren Sie sich doch einmal unverbindlich. Wir freuen uns auf Sie! "

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NOVICA ARTIST "In the year 1984, I was introduced to the carving profession by my cousin who was a carver in Aburi and also a professional teacher. He taught me how to carve for about a year and I had not much difficulty. I then started a full-time professional carving career late in 1985 with a shop of my own in Aburi . I have been carving on my own since. "I also learned how to decorate my works with brass and beads, making them unique. I also paint them sometimes and I am inspired most at times by my works, they are unique and attractive."

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A photo essay of the work done in the shop of Don Marianao of Suchiapa, Chiapas, Mexico. Don Mariano makes masks for several fiestas in Suchiapa and nearby villages. Workshops can be arranged, contact jack@mexiculture.com

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Born: June 1982, Victoria Tribal Affiliation: Cree

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Fine danish maskartist

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The Maskmaker Kirsten Gitz-Johansen is a selftaught wood carver, mask-maker-player and instructor to various assignments in Scandinavia, Europe and Greenland. The masks are done in pine or birch. Their expressions are being accentuated by the yearrings and the surface treatment. They are being used in many connections: exhibitions, workshops, teaching, theatre and processions. Kirsten is also working with paper, metal, glass-fiber and making plaster figures, big sculptures and reliefs.

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