Mask Makers Web

" "Swaps" are a wonderful way to build a collection. Artists create a number of pieces which are mailed to the organizer--known as the "Swapmeister". Each artist's pieces are distributed among the participants, so that while you send in the required number of items of your own making, you get back one from each participant--and they in turn get one of yours. So, with a group of ten artists, each will end up with one of their own items, and nine other pieces........."

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Unique Masks. Take a look.

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Our company "Maxim Decor" is engaged in the production of hand-made ceramic giftware. Employing rare metals, our methods are based on the best traditions of the masters of The Great Silk Road.

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Mel uses whatever materials are available: paper, cardboard, file folders, boxes, tempera, acrylics, markers, crayons, glue Masks: made from newspaper, paper bags, wood, stone, metal, hot peppers, etc

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Sometimes called 'Haitian ironwork', or 'Haitian metal cut-outs', these pieces are great additions as accents in ethnic interior design schemes, especially those with an African, or Caribbean theme.

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Michelle works in mixed media, acrylic paint, collage, printmaking and sculpture, often using found objects from nature. Her art explores feelings, values and personal truth as a way of connecting from the head to the heart.

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My interest in masks began when I was quite young and just becoming interested in cultures other than my own. As an adult, international studies and travels to Africa and the South Pacific connected me to the mask as a unique tribal totem and cemented my fascination with their often primitive nature. With my own masks, I try to replicate that tone, through the use of organic materials, recycled and found objects, plant fibers and horse hair.

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by Lakota / Winnebago Artist Sam Picotte 50% of proceeds from products sold on this page goes to the named Benefit, the other 50% goes to the artist.

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Welcome to Natural Craft Supply, a great place to shop for high quality, all-natural craft supplies. Great source for Wheat Paste!

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Unique artist. Unusual maskart. "Over the years, metal sheet, wood and flint furniture become big masks and weathercocks: installations in nature done with corrugated irons worn by the time, with flint and rough wood. Through installations of flints, metal sheets, rubber, and steel, between fire and wind, Nicolas Sersiron seeks to create this gap with the reality which opens on imaginary and emotional adventure. The path?s track is visible, the destination remains unknown? "

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Contact Information: Nigel Kenneth Martin 76 Crossways, Peterchurch, Herefordshire HR2 OTQ United Kingdom

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Japan- Puppet and maskmaker. (Sorry didn't understand it all.)

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Site not in English. But your visit may well be worthwhile, because of many photos and creative instructions.

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Unusual materials, inventive techniques, and the artist's own clear vision combine to create a population of wild and wonderful animal drama

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Ceramic creations by a world renown New Orleans artist, Patricia O'Donnell.

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Masks and Wall Sculptures. Maskmakersweb find this site especially interesting because it shows unusually great plaster - mask work, using materials with such an inspiring touch.

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Janis Stevens has been doing portraits for twenty years professionally. She has a Master of Science in Art Education from Florida International University and taught art in the Monroe County School system for ten years. As much as she loved teaching it left little time to do her own work so for the last two years she has concentrated on painting in oil and sculpting. In the last few years she has concentrated on figurative sculpture in clay and added life sized three dimensional portraits to her repertoir.

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Huichol Art & Legend Ramon de la Torre, Huichol indian, artist and artisan, has collected these legends from the elder Huichol people. It has taken him almost 30 years of work. Ramon has worked with these legends as themes for his pictures. Mauricia is following her father's steps, adding her style. Our planet today is in great economic and climatic turmoil. We have much to learn from a culture which has withstanded nature's and history's turmoils with a low-impact philosophy centered in deep relationships with our real sources of well-being. The legends and pictures of the Huicholes speak of the way they relate to the sun, to corn, flowers, deer, death, the stars, the wind and the sea. The Huichol people also have their own version of the great flood.

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Since 1980, I have been making and using masks like these to teach acting and improvisation. I have designed about a hundred masks, which I have used on stage in the Chicago area at the Organic, Bailiwick, Second City, New American and Center theatres, and at the Woodstock Opera House.

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Metalmasks With emphasis from primitive to high technology and engaging ancient and contemporary imagery, I create three dimensional works of art with an abstract compositional awareness. Applying familiar organic and industrial materials - steel, copper, brass, feathers, bones, beads, yarn, paint and glass - my mixed media constructions combine elements of sculpture, painting and collage. My vision: to take altered old, discarded materials and create fine art that arouses emotion, thought, discussion and interaction.

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NOVICA ARTIST "Once I have the piece in front of me I begin to imagine what I will carve and how I will carve it ..." ?Hello, my name is Rutilio Pascual and I was born on October 6, 1958, in Ocumicho, Michoacan. Since I was a child, I worked in agriculture, a very enduring labor with little or no profit. When we got married, my wife Tomasa began elaborating ceramic figurines to help me with our household expenses. She always told me that I should also work with ceramics, but I continued in agriculture until she convinced me to switch over. It was nine years ago that my cousins taught me how to make wooden masks, and now I?m continuing the trade on my own.

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Sally Thielen, a Chippewa artist, strives to create ?Art with harmony and balance of ancient and contemporary ideas?. These magnificent Raku Porcelain masks are striking portraits of individual native americans. Sally achieves the nearly iridescent sheen of the mask by using many glazes which she than dramatically contrasts with the dark matte finish of the unpainted ?skin?.

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"I was born in 1946 in Ancash, Peru. I am a self-taught artist, dedicating myself to ceramics and craftmaking since my youth. I specialize in masks influenced by the Vicus, Mochica, and Nazca cultures. I focus largely on the mix of form and color, and despite a lack of formal training I have created a unique, personal style. I try to always remember my roots, while also learning from my readings and travels.

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NOVICA ARTIST "I was born in 1946 in Ancash, Peru. I am a self-taught artist, dedicating myself to ceramics and craftmaking since my youth. I specialize in masks influenced by the Vicus, Mochica, and Nazca cultures. I focus largely on the mix of form and color, and despite a lack of formal training I have created a unique, personal style. I try to always remember my roots, while also learning from my readings and travels. Everyday I hope to improve myself, and achieve a style that is both gratifying for me and for those who are interested in my work. Now that I know my art will reach many people, I will dedicate all my efforts and emotion into creating pieces which will resonate in the hearts and minds of my future following. Thank you."

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" Imagine an island where all the earth?s reusable items wash upon it?s shore, and from that incredible resource emerge a race of creatures who create their own culture, royal court and deities. Santa Cruz artist, Rhan Wilson has not only imagined such a place, but has created many of its inhabitants as well, all from materials that he realized were still too useful to have simply thrown away. Rhan calls these creations ?Castaways", their Gods ?Jugheads?, and has brought them together for you in this art exhibit entitled,"From the Temple of Castaway Island."

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