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A collection of Paper Mache and Resin masks made by artist Launa Eddy
Category: Photos
Added on: Mar 08, 2015 | Hits: 44348
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!
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Nov 10, 2014 | Hits: 43130
Just Posh Masks stocks a huge range of genuine Venetian masks for your masquerade ball, carnival, theatre production or prom Sold decorated or undecorated so that you can create your own vision
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Sep 17, 2012 | Hits: 42186
Colorado artist Launa Eddy is a custom mask maker, making pieces in Paper Mache and Resin for private functions, theater, festivals, music videos, photo shoots, and beyond.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Mar 08, 2015 | Hits: 40524
Artist Jess Newton of Jess the Mask Maker Studios presents The Masquerade Exhibit. Official site.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Jul 26, 2015 | Hits: 39099
Artyfactory is a free online workshop for artists of any age. Try out our African Mask unit and follow the step by step instructions to design an African tribal mask.
Category: Mask making
Added on: Nov 02, 2002 | Hits: 30817
See also the files: masks-msg, theater-bib, theater-msg, cosmetics-msg, puppets-msg, jesters-msg, fabric-paint-msg, guilds-msg, feathers-msg.
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Aug 02, 2002 | Hits: 29371
la sperimentazione comprende maschere di vario tipo e in vari materiali
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Nov 16, 2013 | Hits: 26813
Venetian Carnival Masks Wholesale in Venice. An exclusive selection of the authentics handcrafted and traditional masks made in Venice.
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Apr 30, 2014 | Hits: 26152
Hand made paper mache masks. Artist gallery features masks that are currently available through the artist, or at Renaissance Faires. Specializing in Renaissance and Medieval styles.
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Jun 28, 2005 | Hits: 25930
A blog for people who want to wear masks to explore, trigger and make changes.
Category: Teaching - workshops - education
Added on: Apr 30, 2014 | Hits: 24848
The mask festival on Aeroe lives on at Facebook - have a look!
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Oct 27, 2013 | Hits: 23288
Masks by Jess the Mask Maker Facebook fan page. See progress pictures of hand made masks.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Aug 14, 2014 | Hits: 22952
Vor 20 Jahren habe ich damit begonnen Masken anzufertigen.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Mar 12, 2009 | Hits: 22239
A group open to anyone who loves masks. Features 5 creatiouns from a new artist each week. Artists are also featured on Pinterest. Why not have something lovely in your news feed?
Category: Mask organizations / webcommunities / portals etc.
Added on: Oct 10, 2013 | Hits: 18272
Masks and items for carnival
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Feb 09, 2001 | Hits: 16770
"I have been building masks and puppets since 1996, and sculpting and drawing since I was old enough to hold a crayon. I love creating visual art with almost every medium, but things like mask-making and puppetry are particularly fascinating to me as they bring art into that magical dimension of time and movement."
Category: Maskmakers
Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 16583
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, aims to bridge the gap between consumers and the many talented artisans around the world. Through regional offices, NOVICA works directly with local artists to provide the best quality handcrafted products available. NOVICA's extensive masks collection includes the work of talented master carvers from around the world.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Jul 25, 2013 | Hits: 16456
Mixing the Primary Colors Making Colors Lighter or Darker The Color Wheel: Colors opposite on the color wheel are complementary colors. For example, violet and yellow are complementary colors. The warm colors include reds and yellows; the cool colors include blues and violets. The neutral colors are black, white, and grays.
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Oct 15, 2002 | Hits: 15666
Nepal is a country at the crossroads between India and Tibet and thus the forms of worship found there contain elements of Indian Vedic and Tantric Hinduism as well as Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan Bon (animism). The diminutive Nepalese "masks" shown here are small papier mache hangings meant to be placed on walls, especially above or beside doors and windows, to invoke the aid of popular Hindu deities. In the style typical of Tibetan and Nepalese tantric hagiography, they are all wearing elaborate pointed crowns and displaying their open third eyes.
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Feb 03, 2001 | Hits: 15564
"....Figure 1: This Chapayeka wears the older style white mask made of hide with long ears and a sharp nose. His folded blanket is also worn in the traditional manner. Chapayeka means "long nose" in Yaqui, perhaps referring to the early Spaniards......"
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: May 02, 2001 | Hits: 14889
These unique leather masks and sculptures are the original creations of Andrea M. Harris, a self-taught artist who has been working exclusively with leather for over 8 years. No forms or molds are used, and no two are exactly alike. Every piece is an original, signed and dated by the artist. The masks are designed to be functional as well as beautiful. Consider them wearable art.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Jan 17, 2001 | Hits: 14709
Organizes international Commedia dell'Arte workshops in Nyons (South of France).
Category: Teaching - workshops - education
Added on: Aug 24, 2013 | Hits: 14656
The Baden carneval
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Mar 29, 2001 | Hits: 14381
( SCROLL DOWN PAGE TO GET TO THE MASKS ) Borucan craftsman have for centuries created elaborately carved balsa and cedar masks as essential accoutrements of the festival. They originally depicted jaguars, mountain pigs, mythological and ancestral figures (personajes y los antepasados). As resistance to the Conquest grew, the character of the ritual and the masks changed to include ghoulish devils, which is of course a European idea, bearded Spaniards, mules, horses, blacks (from contact with slaves) and, importantly, the bull as the symbol of the Conquest
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Oct 13, 2002 | Hits: 14066
The National Center for Creative Aging is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging, and to developing programs that build on this understanding, by: 1. Advocating for quality arts programs as being essential to the well being of older adults. 2. Providing professional trainings. 3. Fostering the understanding and practice of life review. 4. Evaluating arts and aging programs and identifying and promoting best practices. 5. Supporting the replication of best practice models throughout the country. 6. Developing and disseminating resource materials. 7. Serving as a clearinghouse for the exchange of information and resources. 8. Supporting research and policy toward developing the field.
Category: Inspirational non mask links
Added on: Nov 07, 2002 | Hits: 13945
Currently Geese USA provides-training in using drama therapy with violent and sex offenders at every level, drama and art work as restorative justice mediators, connection arts for the community, the creation of original client centered productions for institutions and the public and even ethics training for police.
Category: Inspirational non mask links
Added on: Nov 17, 2002 | Hits: 13842
We are showing traditional Japanese Noh Masks (Noumen), Devil (Oni) Masks, Kyogen Masks, Shishigashira for (Lion dance). We have over 120 historical character masks available for purchase, also we can create and supply any kind of masks you like."
Category: Maskmakers / Wood
Added on: Jun 26, 2006 | Hits: 13518
The Egyptians believed that death was simply a temporary interruption, rather than complete cessation, of life, and that eternal life could be ensured by means like piety to the gods, preservation of the physical form through Mummification, and the provision of statuary and other funerary equipment. Each human consisted of the physical body, the 'ka', the 'ba', and the 'akh'. The Name and Shadow were also living entities. To enjoy the afterlife, all these elements had to be sustained and protected from harm
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Jan 29, 2001 | Hits: 13464
Here you can buy online - among thousands of other wonderful things - Celluclay and Celluclay II ( PAPIRLER ) Instant Paper Mach? - Simply add water. Needs no firing; air dries. Completely nontoxic. Adheres to almost any surface. Versatile - can be sanded, sawed, and nailed.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Nov 30, 2001 | Hits: 13400
"In what has developed into a personal journey of rediscovery of his own cultural heritage, the 32 year old Schweig has accelerated and carried his art to new heights. Corroborating with renowned West Coast painter and master carver Art Thompson of the Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth nations, Schweig has created his own, "intensely personal" series of Adoption Masks. Born from the tragic victimization he experienced at the hands of abusive adoptive parents, the Adoption Masks - titled Inuit Man Screaming - are powerful, expressively carved images of the human spirit; beautifully married elements of aesthetic beauty and vivid expressions of pain. Influenced by the artistic style of Indonesia and inspired by a child?s suffering, the masks are dedicated to all who have been uprooted from their culture and tragically victimized" (from the website - go downpage to view maskgallery )
Category: Maskmakers / Wood
Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 13353
Sculpted leather masks, crowns & collars; hand made by Cleo. Each unique. Masks may be purchased from website or special orders may be placed.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Jul 27, 2002 | Hits: 13313
Over 200 authentic African tribal masks, sculptures, statues and bronzes collected by Yuri and Ilya Raskin ; "My name is Yuri Raskin. Together with my son, Dr. Ilya Raskin, I have been collecting African tribal art for 25 years. Educated in linguistics, geography and art history, I devote most of my time to building my own art collections and to introducing others to the wonderful world of Tribal art "
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Jan 25, 2001 | Hits: 13205
Fabulous Mask Theatre in Krakow,polen. ( I have been there,so I know...susan) Sorry the site is not in english.
Category: Mask ensembles / Mask performers
Added on: Jan 21, 2001 | Hits: 13175
Bouffonteatern (Bouffontheatre) is a swedish Commedia dell?Arte troupe with members from Teatropen and Comediennes.
Category: Mask performance
Added on: Jun 07, 2007 | Hits: 13164
The Tshechu is a festival honouring Guru Padmasambhava, "one who was born from a lotus flower." This Indian saint contributed enormously to the diffusion of Tantric Buddhism in the Himalayan regions of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan etc. around 800 AD. He is the founder of the Nyingmapa, the "old school" of Lamaism which still has numerous followers. The biography of Guru is highlighted by 12 episodes of the model of the Buddha Shakyamuni?s life. Each episode is commemorated around the year on the 10th day of the month by "the Tschechu". The dates and the duration of the festivals vary from one district to another but they always take place on or around the 10th day of the month according to the Bhutanese calendar. During Tshechus, the dances are performed by monks as well as by laymen. The Tshechu is a religious festival and by attending it, it is believed one gains merits. It is also a yearly social gathering where the people, dressed in all their finery, come together to rejoice.
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Sep 29, 2005 | Hits: 13075
? Azur & les A?roplanes ?, a theatre company founded by visual artist Patricia Gattepaille, has chosen to explore the infinite and extraordinary territories of the Mask. Why the Mask ? What the genius of mankind has invented to celebrate the gods and nature, Mourn the dead, glorify the living, laugh, provoke awe or admiration, educate, celebrate Love, solemnise meetings, mock, recite poetry, cure? All this has been done by calling on the Mask.. In theatre, the Mask is a sculpture as much as it is a character. One does not wear a Mask thoughtlessly but with lightness and precision. Wearing a Mask involves bringing into play one?s own humanity. Restoring the Mask?s spectacular place at the heart of life. Participating in the understanding of the world?s cultures through the Mask. ? Azur & les A?roplanes ? pursues these two objectives through various activities : mask making on commission, training courses for professionals, exhibitions, shows, creative workshops for all. We will mask them all ! Just to clear things up?
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Nov 14, 2006 | Hits: 13011
Rebirth African art and craft. South Africa. Fine resource! "For thousands of years, rituals and masking ceremonies were an integral part of African life. The gradual, effects of parceled out African territories to Colonial governments, and the ensuing damage to traditional economies. followed by, the displacement of huge quantities of people, by colonialism, resulted in economies and food production systems being wrecked. Africans have lost some of its tribal identity and culture, masking ceremonies are no longer common place in Africa"
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Jul 10, 2002 | Hits: 12922
( Want to see Swiss maskart? This is it ! More than 900 different models !) You can buy your mask here.
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Nov 22, 2002 | Hits: 12889
By Susan Cochrane In the Torres Strait Islands there are no art schools and art galleries like on mainland Australia. Many cultural objects are created and enjoyed for local purposes. Dance costumes and accessories are among the most important and distinctive creations of Torres Strait Islander culture. Some of the earliest known examples are the magnificent articulated turtleshell masks, such as those collected by the 1898 Cambridge Expedition to the Torres Strait, which are acknowledged treasures of the Torres Strait people's cultural and artistic heritage.
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Feb 03, 2001 | Hits: 12838
The act of mask making gives me both kinesthetic and visual pleasure, as the leather flows beneath my fingers. A dialogue develops between myself and the leather and it is as if I'm shaping water, molten rock or wind. Two of the masks on this page are what I call masked masks.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Jan 24, 2001 | Hits: 12833
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.
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Oct 16, 2006 | Hits: 12778
Discusses the use of basket yam masks in the harvest festivities of the Abelam people. Offers links to other New Guinea cultural pages. + PHOTOS
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Jan 11, 2001 | Hits: 12723
Among the most colorful and fascinating of these festivals were the masked dance ceremonies known as Tsam. These ceremonies, introduced in the eighteenth century, were held around the New Year with the purpose of destroying the evil that had accrued during the past year. Performed by monks, the characters portrayed in the dances included a wide variety of terrifying deities from the Lamaist pantheon. Today, however, in newly independent Mongolia Tsam ceremonies are once again being performed.
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: Apr 06, 2001 | Hits: 12720
The term papier m?ch? (pronounced p?p-ee-ay mash-?y) comes from the French phrase meaning "chewed paper." You can use papier m?ch? to make pi?atas, masks, jewelry, and lots of other crafts.
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 12657
W.W. Swalef & Son is a wholesale company dealing in all kinds of fancy feathers. We carry a beautiful selection of peacock, ostrich, pheasant, & rooster feathers. We have been in business in the United States for more than 30 years.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Sep 12, 2003 | Hits: 12626
Aus einer Zuchtordnung von 1554 geht hervor, dass es damals schon Fasnachten und Mumereyen in unserer Stadt gegeben hat, die von den Z?nften getragen wurde. Kein Verbot der Obrigkeit - konnte das fasn?chtliche Treiben, mit Masken, Schellen und Vermummung g?nzlich verhindern. In den zwanziger Jahren bestand in Lindau nachweisbar eine Faschingsgesellschaft. Der zweite Weltkrieg machte dem n?rrischen Geschehen ein Ende. Nach dem Krieg schwenkte Lindau immer mehr auf den bayerischen Fasching ein. Heimisches Element wurde durch zugewandertes Brauchtum immer mehr verdr?ngt. Erst 1960 wurde ein Schritt zur R?ckkehr in die schw?bisch - alemannische Fasnacht, mit der Gr?ndung der ersten Maskengruppe, der ?MOSCHTK?PF? getan.
Category: Mask ensembles / Mask performers
Added on: Feb 15, 2001 | Hits: 12603
Xothique Designs' exclusive masks are hand crafted in leather and papier mâché using traditional techniques by experienced UK mask maker Helen Rich, aka 'Xothique' (or 'Zothique'). Styles range from traditional theatre costume and masquerade masks inspired by the Venetian Carnevale to more exotic gothic and fantasy themes popular at Halloween and Faerie-themed events. Some, such as the popular Welsh Red Dragon mask, are truly unique — similar mouldings can be created, but no two masks will ever be identical. Others, like these party masks, are kept as permanent moulds, and can be decorated to meet your requirements. Xothique Designs masks are all entirely hand-made by the artist — you will find no plastic, card or ready-made mask forms here. You can buy Helen's masquerade masks direct from the Xothique Designs shop. If you have a specific design in mind, please check out Helen's commissions page, and get in touch to discuss your ideas.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Dec 10, 2010 | Hits: 12594
+Photo Take plastic milk jugs and cut them in two from top to bottom. Cover them with masking tape so paint and glue will stick to them. Cut out eye holes Paint em and glue feathers and stuff to them. Put a string around the back to hold them on. Elastic string works best. Yer done.
Category: Mask making
Added on: Jul 24, 2002 | Hits: 12575
Watch the creation of a sea monster
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Feb 01, 2003 | Hits: 12556
Want to be a bird, a rabbit, an antelope or a hunter? + brief vdeo/sound clip, Dogon maskdance
Category: Mask making
Added on: Jun 20, 2002 | Hits: 12308
A site telling about the fabulous Basel - fasnacht IN ENGLISH !!
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Jan 20, 2001 | Hits: 12287
Simply Masquerade brings the mystery & the beauty of Venetian masks to life - We are a small & friendly specialist mask boutique with a fantastic range of deluxe masquerade masks & traditional hand-made Venetian masks for you to view at your leisure.
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Jul 24, 2012 | Hits: 12232
"This is a very old method of "painting" that can be dated as far back as the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Heated coloured wax is applied hot to a surface in a series of layers.It's recent revival is due to a strong Dutch interest in encaustic art. The major practitioners being based in the Netherlands. On the web there are some very informative sites. For those who have some tired old masks this may be just the method to employ in search of their renovation. Indeed, with wax you could look forward to changing your mask collection with the colour of the seasons." Dave Riley,Australia
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Jan 23, 2001 | Hits: 12230
This page gives access to further pages showing African traditional masks and describing the culture of the tribes whose masks are shown. The texts are in French - - but the photos need no words. To access the other pages of masks see in the right hand column under the title "Masques Africaines".
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Jul 15, 2008 | Hits: 12141
Traditionally our people were deeply respected for their spiritual strength. Spirituality is about caring and sharing. I am going to show my care by sharing lots of lots of information, pictures, yoiks and creativity. I want to carry out the power of my people's colors. Welcome to my ilbmi. Listen to the yoiks of the fire. Look at its dances in these times version of sami spirituality.
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: Feb 08, 2001 | Hits: 12121
Papier-Mache Masks by V. C. Howard...
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Jan 15, 2008 | Hits: 12108
Beautiful African Masks for sale here
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Mar 31, 2003 | Hits: 12090
(Offers workshops..Steps of maskmaking shown in the site...) Gianfranco Lojacono: Born in Venice, 1967. Since his youngest years, he developed a great interest about handcrafting laboratories, when he learned the bare bones of sculpture.
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Jan 03, 2001 | Hits: 11963
Links to carnevals all over the world.
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Dec 29, 2000 | Hits: 11957
I'm a Canadian artist of mainly Italian descent. I come from a multi-cultural family of creative, self-taught artists with many natural talents. My parents and paternal grandparents were fashion designers. A self-taught artist myself, my artwork includes a broad range of mediums from fine art paintings and murals to pen and ink cartoon illustrations. However, I prefer to express my creativity mainly through my hand painted, mask-shaped sculptures using techniques I developed myself. I love writing stories about the subjects that inspire me and I'm forever experimenting and combining all sorts of materials that I incorporate in my creations. I also enjoy playing with photos of my artwork and creating new images with my digital skills that I then offer as art prints on canvas that you can order online on my website. I have a degree in Urban Economic Geography from McGill University and I worked in many fields: as a commercial artist in an advertising firm, a talk show host for CHIN Radio and Television in Toronto, a mediator for landlord and tenant disputes at the Ontario Residential Tenancy Commission, a cartographic toponymist and then a compensation policy analyst at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. After leaving my career in the public service, I moved to the province of British Columbia where I exhibited my artwork in both private and public galleries as well as in a Canadian museum where I had a solo show for 3 months. My husband and I owned and operated Dreamscapes Gift Gallery, an award winning gift gallery for 15 years (where I also sold my artwork). My original mask sculptures, paintings and art prints on canvas are in numerous private collections in North America, Europe, Russia and Australia. I also created and published an art book entitled:"On the Face of the Waters".
Category: Mask artists
Added on: May 14, 2012 | Hits: 11931
"My gourd face masks bring the spirit of imagination to life." I use a blend of oil base paints, fine sand, stains, acryllics. Pheasant, turkey, hackle feathers, horse hair,etc. in my creations.
Category: Maskmakers
Added on: Feb 01, 2001 | Hits: 11921
From improvisation to cultural performance, this site is focused on forms of drama that exists outside of theatrical spaces. It is designed to be a useful introduction to: the theatre of image; large scale dramatic construction techniques; processional theatre; outdoor performance; and mask, ritual and spectacle. It contains useful practical techniques as well as a theoretical exploration of the field. If you are interested in finding out more about celebratory performance, carnival, outdoor theatre or site-specific performance it is well worth a look. Banners, Lanterns, Parades...A guide on how to do it all.Very good.
Category: Street theatre
Added on: May 19, 2002 | Hits: 11889
"The only "store bought" material is paint (tempra, poster or finger paint all work well... acrylic paints work great, but don't wash out of clothes!!!) We mixed white and black to make our own grey. Alternatively, you can mod podge (mache) on 1 inch squares of grey tissue paper. Or make a "funky dolphin" by maching on 1 inch squares of patterned tissue paper or napkins"
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 11859
Createx is a manufacturer of high quality artist paints. We have several different product lines, including our world famous Airbrush Colors, Acrylic Colors, Liquid Fiber Dyes, Monotype Colors, Marble Color, and Pure Pigments. Go to our product lines page for product selection, color charts, technical information and user guide.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Jan 20, 2001 | Hits: 11857
BOXTALES Theater Company uses storytelling, music, masks, and movement to present world myths and folktales to families and young audiences.
Category: Mask ensembles / Mask performers
Added on: Jun 09, 2002 | Hits: 11763
Welcome to our coverage of the 10 day (90 hour) workshop in the design and construction of leather performance mask. This workshop is being run by Paolo Consiglio, a master leather mask maker and teacher from Florence, Italy. It is being held at The Crago Mill Regional Arts Centre, Piper Street, Bathurst, NSW, Australia. It has been financed by a Visiting Artists' Grant from Charles Sturt University and is open to the local community and students from CSU
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Dec 27, 2000 | Hits: 11742
Photos of masks, costumes, ceremonies, sacred dances. Among the tribes portayed are Hopi, Zuni, Tewa. The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners." In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes. Sensitive Images and Text This online collection contains all of the images and caption text as originally published in The North American Indian. The captions reflect a perspective that Indians were "primitive" people whose traditional cultures and ways of life were disappearing. In his representation of Indians as the "vanishing race," Curtis echoes the prevailing view held by Euro-Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Contemporary readers should interpret the captions in that context. Some captions and images portray ceremonial rituals and objects that were not intended for viewing by the uninitiated. No images have been excluded or specially labeled. They are included in this digital collection in order to represent the work fully
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: Jun 20, 2002 | Hits: 11736
Seven authentic Mexican folk masks, each based on an authentic historic example, richly diverse in their origins and significance. Among them are two sinister devil masks, a skull mask, a spectacular bat mask and a tiger mask. Easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams show how to cut, fold, glue together and wear each of these fabulous works of art. $7.95
Category: Mask books - film - video
Added on: Jul 27, 2002 | Hits: 11734
With Photogallery showing many wonderful masks. ( Photo = Bilder )
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Apr 18, 2001 | Hits: 11725
Welcome to our coverage of the 10 day (90 hour) workshop in the design and construction of leather performance mask. This workshop is being run by Paolo Consiglio, a master leather mask maker and teacher from Florence, Italy. It is being held at The Crago Mill Regional Arts Centre, Piper Street, Bathurst, NSW, Australia. It has been financed by a Visiting Artists' Grant from Charles Sturt University and is open to the local community and students from CSU. It is being covered on the Net by staff and students of the Communication School at CSU's Bathurst Campus. You will be observing the processes of casting the the makers' faces to obtain a positive face mould on which the masks will be designed in clay. A positive plaster mould of the intended mask will be carved onto a wooden block. Over this block leather will be stretched, beaten and smoothed to create a performance mask. As part of this workshop there will be readings from Dante's "Divine Comedy" and various other Italian cultural delights. Please enjoy the processes involved in the fine art of leather mask making. Masks have been used throughout the history of theatre. They were a significant part of the the Western World's first professional theatre, the Commedia dell' Arte, which developed in Italy in the 16th Century.
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Apr 17, 2001 | Hits: 11723
Specialising in simple to make kids masks and animal mask patterns. Make storybook characters come to life with our easy and effective felt mask patterns. Each pattern sews up quickly and easily with step by step instructions and colour photos.
Category: Mask making
Added on: May 14, 2012 | Hits: 11693
Urauff?hrung am 29. September 2001 im Theater Dortmund
Category: Mask performance
Added on: Nov 24, 2001 | Hits: 11666
Article. Jakarta Post Initially, the giant dolls, popularly known as ogoh-ogoh, were created as the symbol of demonic spirits. In the Ngerupuk ritual, a sort of exorcism ritual taking place the night before Nyepi, the ogoh-ogoh are paraded around the village area to ward off any evil spirits. In the parade, the ogoh-ogoh is accompanied by hundreds of screaming people carrying torches, striking gongs or manipulating any sound-producing implements available in an apparent attempt to scare away the demons. At the end of the ritual, the ogoh-ogoh is usually taken to the village's main intersection and set on fire......
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Jul 21, 2002 | Hits: 11608
Site in German. (Possibility to join a masked trance event.) Der Trance-Maskentanz, der im Zusammenhang mit den "Rituellen K?rperhaltungen" und der ekstatischen Trance in jedem Sommer in der L?neburger Heide und an anderen Orten stattfindet, wird versucht, durch diese T?r zu gehen. Trancehaltungen bringen uns in Kontakt mit dem Feld der uns umgebenden Energien, in dem wir durch unsere Rituale helfen k?nnen, verwirrte F?den neu zu ordnen. Wahrnehmungs?bungen, die Begegnung in der Trance mit uns in unserem Vorhaben helfenden Kr?ften, Tiergeistern sowie der Maskenbau und das Ritual des Maskentanzes k?nnen eine Br?cke bauen zum schamanischen Wissen unserer Ahnen. Die Erfahrung dieses Wissens k?nnen wir in unseren "Alltag" verweben. So weben wir unsere Wirklichkeit und den Ablauf unserer Zeit immer wieder neu ein in das Netz aller Lebensenergien - sichtbar oder unsichtbar.
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Jul 01, 2002 | Hits: 11560
September 27 - Octorber 6, 2002
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: May 07, 2002 | Hits: 11517
Instructions to make a fly mask using egg carton cups.
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Jul 24, 2002 | Hits: 11512
1973, Cameroon Cloth, wood, feathers, porcupine quills, mirrors, herbs, raffia, cowrie shells, knife, basketry rattle, genet skin, and eggshell Height 85 in 216 cm ? Seattle Art Museum, Washington, gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company, 81.17.1977. Photograph by Paul Macapia.
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Nov 22, 2002 | Hits: 11510
Balifolder - Bali tourism website Ritual dance drama, mask carving and lots more. Beautiful site.
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Sep 29, 2002 | Hits: 11468
CHARLOTTE'S WEB OF ILLUSION here reveals her secrets with very nice text and photos: "I use a technique called "Vacuuform" to make my masks. This process involves a Vacuuform machine, molds, plastic sheet goods, paints, trims and imagination."
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Nov 26, 2002 | Hits: 11460
Die Sage erz?hlt von Str?flingen, die in den Steinbr?chen der Muschelkalkh?nge am Oberen Neckar, so auch in der Hornau, dem Gebiet zwischen Horb am Neckar und Nordstetten, ihren Strafdienst ableisten mu?ten. Nach einer Klassifizierung des Fasnets- und Volkskundlers Wilhelm Kutter l??t sich die Figur des Stoibrechers in die Kategorie des ?Wilden Mannes? einordnen: Die Dominanz der Glocken, der braune Fellanzug und die wildverzerrte Maske legen die Figur auf diese Klassifizierung fest. Im Gegensatz zu dieser drohenden, dunklen Gestalt steht der leicht anzuschauenden Wei?narr.
Category: Mask ensembles / Mask performers
Added on: Mar 04, 2001 | Hits: 11385
Bui Bolg is a Wexford based production company who specialize in puppets, inflatables, festivals, costumes & event decoration.
Category: Street theatre
Added on: Nov 08, 2002 | Hits: 11363
Depuis 1907, Chalon sur Sa?ne c?l?bre l'hiver finissant et l'ann?e nouvelle durant son carnaval. Pendant 10 jours, musiques, chars, g?niots, bals masqu?s et f?te foraine animent les rues de la ville.
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Jul 12, 2001 | Hits: 11362
You have just entered my home away from home. I am your host, One Spirit. Pull up a chair and sit back and relax as you explore my virtual home. Here you will find many new and updated pages, and hopefully when you decide to leave, you will have gained something. I have only one rule here: Veiw these pages with an open heart and an open mind. Leave all the negativity you have heard about Wicca and Paganism
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: Jun 30, 2002 | Hits: 11355
Shamans throughout the world and throughout time, recognize that the universe is alive, conscious, and filled with spiritual power. Shamans know how to access this web of power and work with it skillfully and effectively to address their, and their community's needs.
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: Feb 04, 2001 | Hits: 11308
Agostino Dess? is born in 1952 in Serdiana (province of Cagliari) in Sardinia where the mask has a traditional importance as testified by the ?mammutones? mask and the ?sartiglia? mask. In Florence he found the ideal artistic atmosphere in this exceptional city of art. He opened his own workshop here in 1979.Since 1997, His daughter, Alice, has also been actively involved in their historic Florentine workshop, organizing "international mask-making workshops" (the last week of every month) on the practical techniques of mask creation, with courses open to anybody who is interested in and an enthusiast of this type of art
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 11304
BY Stanley Allan Sherman /Leather Theater & Wrestling Masks Stanley Allan Sherman specializes in designing, creating and crafting leather theatre masks and custom fitted clown noses for Theater, Opera, Dance, Teaching, Clowns and Wrestling. He created the world famous WWF's Mankind Wrestling Mask. Masks for road company's of Phantom of the Opera, Big Apple Circus, foot long nose Doctors masks for Patch Adam's, Top Hat for Phillip Petit, clown noses for clown's working in hospital's, theatre's and outside. He also teaches his craft.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 11273
Mumming shows are a simple structure that can be used to readily develop a wide variety of entertainment. They are medieval in origin based on the archetypes of clown, hero, heroine, villain, doctor (& perhaps doctor's assistant). Each of these characters can readily be translated into a modern day character..
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: May 19, 2002 | Hits: 11248
Zarco Guerrero [Jua?eno/Acjachemem] has been a force in the Arizona art scene since the early seventies, as a multi-media artist and community arts advocate. He has participated in the Artist in Education program of the Arizona Arts Commission and has conducted workshops throughout the U.S. since 1972. The artist has had one-man shows in Mexico and throughout the United States. He is the founder of Xicanindio Artes, Inc. , a non profit organization dedicated to better understanding of Latino and Native American arts. In 1984, PBS broadcasted nationally a one hour documentary about his art entitled The Mask of El Zarco. In 1986 he was awarded the prestigious Japan Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and spent one year in Kyoto, Japan, studying the Noh Masks as an apprentice to Joshun Fukakusa. From Japan, the artist investigated mask carving in Bali, Indonesia and China.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Mar 18, 2007 | Hits: 11239
Annual Brunka tribal ceremony in the villages of Boruca and Rey Curr?, South Pacific zone of Costa Rica. ?This symbolic celebration is of a post-colonial origin, it represents the tireless struggle between the Spanish and the natives. It encompasses the whole process of the historic confrontation of our great-grandfathers as well as the defense our ethnic cultural values. This struggle was also in defense of the traditional social system of the aboriginal peoples ? their culture, their forms of communal organization etc. It was recognized very early that the new ideology and methodology inspired by the colonist was to the detriment of our way of life, our environment and our ancestral knowledge and resources. Today we, their descendants, are suffering the consequences: the elimination of the forests, the drying up of our rivers, the rapid extinction of our native fauna, the brazen extraction of our archeological heritage, the contamination of land and waters.? (Rodolfo Rojas, Brunka leader of Rey Curr?, 1995)
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: Sep 28, 2005 | Hits: 11208
Claws, teeth, feathers and tools for GOURDERS AND CRAFTERS and maskmakers.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: May 19, 2006 | Hits: 11168
People from all continents know the traditional use of papier-mache in a large variety: dolls, masks, puppets, toys, decorations,... That is because it's such a cheap, varied, easily obtainable and processable material. But this hasn't always been the case. For centuries, paper was very valuable and the processing of it into papier-mache was a time-consuming and labour-intensive process. For the history freaks among you, we gladly present a historical-geographical survey.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Oct 15, 2002 | Hits: 11162
Dr Gautam Chatterjee has studied Indian History as his academic specialization. His Ph.D thesis was on Social History. Dr. Chatterjee has done extensive archival research on various aspects of Indian Culture and Heritage. He has written many acamedic papers on Historical subjects and for common man he has been studying many aspects of Indian culture and did field study on various subjects.
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Aug 13, 2001 | Hits: 11121
There are numerous forms of mysticism. The majestic grandeur of nature evoked an intuitive awe in man and a feeling of unity. Some time in history members of the homo sapiens species began directing their attention inside themselves as they received indications of a magical and spiritual nature. In early cultures groups formed around a person who seemed through some strange play of nature be possessed with extraordinary powers and insights. Some call them medicine man, or shamans. In modern culture mysticism is seen as the practice of communion and adoration of man of his divine nature. It takes all forms, though. On this page an introduction to Javanese mysticism, the origins of which little is known as its early adherents committed little to writing.
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: May 16, 2002 | Hits: 11115
Christmas plays, masques, pageants and the like were largely patronized by the Tudor sovereigns, and the fashion set by the. Court was followed in the country. Queen Elizabeth was not only devoted to the drama, and herself performed, but she was very critical and exacting; and the high demand which she did so much to stimulate, was followed by ,such supply as was given by the surpassing dramatic genius of the Elizabethan age of literature. Later, Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones combined to produce the Court masks, one of which, ? the well-known "Mask of Christmas," had for chief characters, Christmas and his children, Misrule, Carol, Mince Pie, Gambol, Post and Pair, New Years? Gift, Mumming, Wassel, Offering, and Baby?s Cake. In the 17th century the Christmas Mummeries of the Inns of Court were conducted with great magnificence and at large cost.
Category: Mask performance
Added on: May 19, 2002 | Hits: 11107
Sito ufficiale di Mamuthones e Issohadores di Mamoiada (NU-Sardegna, Italia)dell'associazione Peppino B?ccoi-Costantino Atzeni.
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Oct 15, 2005 | Hits: 11008
2000 masks from all around the world in exhibition at D-86420 Diedorf, Bavaria, 5km close to Augsburg direction to Memmingen at B300, middle of the village , Lindenstrasse1 . Free entrance at tuesday from 17.00 till 18.00. Groups wellcome too monday to wednesday from 16.00 till 22.00 by request 20 minutes before 0049/8238/60245 or 0049/1728230756. In wintertimes at weekends too. Students are free to look into my library with about 20.000 books about masks, ethnologie and folkart. All masks and the other 5000 objects of my ethnological collections can be found in foto-cd (jpg) and are available for 3 Euros plus shipping. Please feel free to contact ,if interested :webmaster@maskenmuseum.de We like everybody to give us free links to our homepage. www.maskenmuseum.de
Category: Museums
Added on: Sep 10, 2004 | Hits: 10883
Casting Latex, Mold Making & Sculpting Supplies. Free on line How-To-Do Guides. On line ordering. Videos & Books.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Jun 15, 2001 | Hits: 10850
Agayuliyararput is the first exhibition of Native Alaskan Yup'ik material presented from a Yup'ik perspective. This Web exhibit highlights 27 Yup'ik objects from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Apr 23, 2001 | Hits: 10837
Ecstasy is a real human need... a state of consciousness beyond concept. And if it does not come through...in positive ways... it's going to come out in violence.
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: Feb 04, 2001 | Hits: 10787
We have all kinds of materials and great reference for mask makers.
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Feb 01, 2008 | Hits: 10758
Misleadingly billed as "The First Ever Gathering of Giants" the Yeovil Scrapstore did produce a good turnout of giant puppets on 22nd July 2000. The event took place at Yeovil Showground, an unfortunate choice of venue as it's hilltop position left it exposed to the brisk south-easterly breeze and the uneven grassed slopes hampered the participants.
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Nov 08, 2002 | Hits: 10739
Describing the rituals. (+ Ogoh-ogoh )
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Jul 21, 2002 | Hits: 10711
Clays and sculpting tools, latex and mold making supplies for mask makers.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Jun 04, 2006 | Hits: 10710
The Founders personal site
Category: Mask organizations / webcommunities / portals etc.
Added on: Mar 30, 2001 | Hits: 10707
Venice s.n.c. - San Marco 1278 - 30122 Venezia - Italy
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Feb 10, 2003 | Hits: 10681
Round balloon Strips of newspaper about 1" wide x 4" - 6" long Wallpaper paste Paint and decorative trim: feathers, yarn etc.
Category: Mask making
Added on: Jun 22, 2002 | Hits: 10675
( english translation on the main page of this site) La cr?ation d'un masque est aussi passionnante que simple. Les masques peuvent ?tre d?coratifs, tels des masques africains, ou ludiques (masque d'Halloween, de carnaval). Tout est dans le d?tail apport? ? l'objet
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: Feb 11, 2001 | Hits: 10635
Mariwin is very colorful ceremony as the participants paint their bodies black, wearing only green leaves and red masks. They carry sticks which they use to strike children that have misbehaved recently. The men wearing the red masks represent ancestral spirits rather than human beings and do not talk. Instead, they make eerie sounds that frighten the children.
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: Aug 09, 2006 | Hits: 10586
The mission of the Global Art Project (GAP) is to spread world peace by promoting tolerance and non-violence through art. The Project expresses the idea: We Are All One. People of all ages and from all around the world who choose to participate each create a work of art expressing their vision of global unity. The art is displayed locally in each participant's community. Global Art Project then organizes an international exchange by matching participants group-to-group and individual-to-individual. The exchange occurs April 23-30 biennially, resulting in thousands of people sending messages of Peace and unity around the globe at one time--visions of unity simultaneously encircling the earth. The art is sent as a gift of global friendship and exhibited in the receiving community. Participants may send slides and documentation of the art created and of the people who came together to create the art to the GAP Art Bank. Global Art Project exhibitions, books, slide presentations, and this Web site give people an opportunity to experience visions of Peace and unity created by individuals from diverse cultures around the world. Another element of the Project Let's All Join Hands was added in 98. People are invited to send a paper outline of their hand with their name, country, and wish for global peace, love and friendship on it to the Global Art Project. The hands may be created and sent to GAP at any time. Volunteers in Tucson string the hands together as a visual expression of the thousands of people who join their energy together to create Peace. The paper hands are exhibited as a source of inspiration and a book of paper hands The Handbook for Peace is planned for publication.
Category: Mask organizations / webcommunities / portals etc.
Added on: Dec 25, 2005 | Hits: 10486
MASKMAKERSWEB HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK:"Presently (1998) this is the most complete and comprehensive survey of body painting, tattoo, and make-up styles on the market. Covering all continents and ranging from ancient art to modern photography, the work is a treasure of images. Short to almost non-exitent, however, are the varied practices of modification rather than adornment - and images of piercing and scarification or scarce. Still, this is a beautiful collection from the author's even larger archive. "
Category: Mask books - film - video
Added on: Jan 22, 2002 | Hits: 10481
The International Mask Dance Festival was first held in Andong in 1997. That first festival was just a small little thing, one long weekend in length, and though it featured some of the most famous traditional performers in Korea (such as Kim Duk-soo and Ahn Sook-sun) it was nothing compared to the well organized, incredibly fascinating spectacle put on this year. Through trial and error the Mask Dance Festival has now emerged in my opinion as one of the most memorable, fascinating and fun times to be had in Korea. Now featuring a permanent stage area, with a state of the art sound system and bathrooms with paper towels in them (gasp), the most interesting sites are not always on the stage.
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Sep 28, 2002 | Hits: 10477
Photos and a litlle text
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Dec 29, 2000 | Hits: 10412
by M. Macha NightMare Covenant of the Goddess is a bunch of Witches. We presumably share values and beliefs. And we try to work by consensus. However, we have only one annual meeting, called Grand Council, to conduct all business for the upcoming year. This takes place over a mere three days, so there's pressure to get business taken care of. In our concern for completing the "business" of CoG, we sometimes overlook or forget the shared values that have brought us together in the first place. In Starhawk's novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing, a sense of the sacred, of the presence of the whole of nature, is injected into business meetings by having mask-wearers, each aspecting a different element or animal, taking part in the meeting. The novel inspired me to put the idea into practice. With masks made by sculptor Eleanor Myers, I first employed this method at CoG's Grand Council in 1996. I hoped to bring back to meetings a visible and tangible reminder, to resacralize our meetings with the constant physical presence of the Elements of Life. I hoped it would remind us of the sacredness and balance we need if our work is to have meaning.
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Feb 10, 2003 | Hits: 10381
1:One set of exercises explores the use of "neutral expression" masks to force students to learn to express emotion through posture and gesture, without reliance on facial expression. The remaining exercises explore the use of masks as a way of inhabiting alternative identities 2: This program begins with a rich overview of the use of masks in a wide variety of cultures, demonstrating four basic mask-making techniques, ranging from a simple "plaster bandage" and "papier-m?ch?" techniques to subtle and flexible latex masks requiring three work sessions for completion
Category: Mask books - film - video
Added on: Jul 28, 2002 | Hits: 10369
Wonderful,bolivian traditonal masks - as they are used today when celebrating the virgin Mary - made from ex unpainted tin from recycled alcohol cans, are sold from this gallery
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Nov 22, 2006 | Hits: 10353
ABORA Handicraft workshop of artistic ceramic Elves mask with magic legends. An splendid present, beautiful and mystery. The handicraft workshop Abora is a group settled since ten years in the beautiful island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands ( Spain ).
Category: Maskmakers / Other materials - latex - mixed media etc.
Added on: Jan 04, 2001 | Hits: 10345
To illustrate the integration of arts and the environment, the participants created masks based on an environmental feature, element or creature for a 'Council of Beings' meeting to be held later that evening. To illustrate the integration of arts and the environment, the participants created masks based on an environmental feature, element or creature for a 'Council of Beings' meeting to be held later that evening. I explained to the teachers the projects developed by the Center for Global Environmental Education such as distance learning and environmental education programs. A discussion ensued on integrating arts and literature into environmental education. To illustrate the integration of arts and the environment, the participants created masks based on an environmental feature, element or creature for a 'Council of Beings' meeting to be held later that evening. I explained to the teachers the projects developed by the Center for Global Environmental Education such as distance learning and environmental education programs. A discussion ensued on integrating arts and literature into environmental education. To illustrate the integration of arts and the environment, the participants created masks based on an environmental feature, element or creature for a 'Council of Beings' meeting to be held later that evening. Photo sequense of maskmaking used in interesting context.
Category: Mask making
Added on: Sep 12, 2002 | Hits: 10345
Large brown paper bag or construction paper Scissors Paint, colored pens Fabric scraps, yarn, decorative trim Glue
Category: Mask making
Added on: Jun 22, 2002 | Hits: 10322
My interest in masks developed out of a long-held artistic fascination with the human face and form, especially when disguised, shrouded or seen indirectly. In the mid-80s I created Fantasy Guilde Studios as a means to express images, concepts and representations in the medium of leather masks.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Jan 20, 2001 | Hits: 10284
Handmade by artisans from Patzcuaro and surroundings in Michoacan, Mexico. Wide variety of models from skulls, life and death representations, devils, elfs, wizards and much more. Diferent kind of wood. Online shopping.
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: Oct 28, 2003 | Hits: 10243
Arlecchina's Masks is now open to the public. We work in papier mache primarily (though we are exploring other techniques. We offer full face character masks, commedia dell'arte masks, gargoyles, historical reproductions, as well as a pantheon of Greek Gods.
Category: Maskmakers
Added on: Jun 03, 2001 | Hits: 10220
Liza Fourre Need a break?? Yearn to concentrate on your art or writing?? Always wanted to try backstrap weaving or work on your Spanish, but never had the time or just the right opportunity? Whether you are a corporate type who has finally decided to pursue that love of photography, an art instructor or professional artist who wants to stretch your artistic endeavors - Art Workshops in Guatemala has something to expand your creative horizons. We offer workshops in the arts as part of a unique and well-planned travel experience. A look at our courses shows the variety of classes offered by instructors who are well-established and successful in their fields. Classes are small, with a maximum of ten participants. We prefer that each student have plenty of individual attention and a unique and rewarding experience in Guatemala.
Category: Inspirational non mask links
Added on: Nov 22, 2002 | Hits: 10181
An ongoing site with articles and links on Jesters, Fools, Clowns, Harlequins, Tricksters, Punsters and Buffoons as they apply to the Middle Ages and the SCA
Category: Mask organizations / webcommunities / portals etc.
Added on: Apr 12, 2001 | Hits: 10180
Hello, and welcome to my ever-updating page. I am a freelance artist working out of my home in Baltimore, MD. I produce leather masks, corsets, fantasy and custom leather gear. Besides my art, there is my love, my friends, family, pets, and the pursuit of happiness and balance in a chaotic world.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Jan 28, 2001 | Hits: 10173
Making Paper By Hand Pulp Ornaments & Jewelry Papier M?ch? Origami Fortune Teller Oak Leaf Cuts Paper Bag Fish Book Making Recycled Paper Beads
Category: Inspirational non mask links
Added on: Apr 21, 2003 | Hits: 10165
Director, Actor, Maskmaker " I began working as a sculptor by making masks for theatre productions. I have since explored many other subjects but I always come back to sculpting faces and masks. Faces are the most fascinating subjects for me. A face can be exaggerated, distorted or reduced to it's simplest form and still be recognizable. When you are sculpting a face you are speaking in a visual language that everyone on the planet can understand. Simply by changing the tilt of an eyebrow I can change the feeling of a mask "
Category: Maskmakers
Added on: Oct 04, 2002 | Hits: 10146
Casting latex is a rubber that sets up as a result of water being absorbed into the plaster mold. Without fillers, the casting latex will set up with maximum flexibility. With the use of fillers, based on clay, varying hardnesses can be achieved. Casting Latex is very useful for the production of hollow molded rubber articles, toys, hot-water bottles, rubber balls, imitation pottery, masks, puppet heads, and display articles. It is also useful for coating polystyrene, texturing, and general special effects for theater work.
Category: Mask making / Materials
Added on: Jun 06, 2006 | Hits: 10114
"Got No Strings" an exhibition of 32 Giant Puppets created from the musical productions of Bits 'N Pieces Theatre, America's Giant Puppet Company. Holli Rubin, Artistic Director
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Oct 07, 2002 | Hits: 10099
Hi! I write plays for a mix of masks and dancers and puppets and actors and onstage musicians--they're like nothing else that anyone is doing, and if you're interested in doing my kind of theater, I'd love to get these scripts into your hands!
Category: Mask performance
Added on: Apr 13, 2004 | Hits: 10084
I began making masks in 1980. I have respected original traditions from the start. Even thou I have a wide range of types and decorations, from traditional carnival masks and italian comedy art, to modern art types, I personally prefer those traditionally meant for canival and a character representation. Besides the mask creations I have explored techniches and materials that allows me to experiment in a way that my work can be identified for it's personal recognisable style.
Category: Maskmakers
Added on: Feb 10, 2003 | Hits: 10064
Beautiful Highclass Papier Mache Masks. For Sale via Internet.
Category: Maskmakers / Wood
Added on: Nov 29, 2001 | Hits: 10018
The mythology of the Haida, like that of other tribes on the central and northern coast, is based on the epic cycle of stories about the Raven and his various exploits. The Raven is truly a trickster who liberates humankind from a clamshell, then in one story sets the universe in order, only to threaten it with chaos in the next. The Raven is the most greedy, mischievous and lecherous creature imaginable, but almost without meaning to, teaches humans the arts of living a good life.
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: Feb 02, 2001 | Hits: 9996
Art and Society 1 - Masks and Masking 1. What is a mask? - sunglasses, Muslim veil, halloween mask, bankrobber stocking, surgical mask 2. Why do peole wear masks? Disguise, social control, protection, social liberation , celebration, theatre, link with cosmic forces, magical practices 3. Who makes masks? Dogon mask maker (Saharan Africa), master carvers, secret forces carnival costumes......etc
Category: Teaching - workshops - education
Added on: Jun 01, 2001 | Hits: 9985
Pura Kepisah, Sumerta - Denpasar. Pura Pasek Gelgel, Gerih - Abian Semal, Badung Pura Puncak Sari, Penarukan - Paninjoan, Bangli. Pura Bangun Sakti, Besakih - Karangasem ....................................
Category: Mask tradition / Cermonies
Added on: Jul 21, 2002 | Hits: 9981
Designer, Director, Actor, Tutor, and Improviser, I am enjoying a varied career in the theatre, film and television. Designing and Creating Images for The World Youth Festival and The World Netball Championships opening Ceremony. My work has featured in many large community based projects throughout NZ, Summer Shakespares and Theatre shows as a set designer, mask maker and props builder.
Category: Mask ensembles / Mask performers
Added on: Dec 31, 2000 | Hits: 9932
Beverly Stone established Aina Moja in 1997 as a small business venture aimed at assisting artists in the country of Kenya, Africa. Beverly's interest in Kenya stems from her time spent teaching there as a volunteer for the Teachers for Africa Program.
Category: Galleries - exhibitions - shops
Added on: Jan 30, 2001 | Hits: 9924
A mask is only powerful and meaningful when it is in motion in front of an audience. The audience, along with the accompanying musicians and attendants for whom the masker performs, is a very necessary part of a successful masquerade
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Jan 28, 2001 | Hits: 9895
Entri Entre Kommen Sie herein Entrez Welcome to Ancient Spiral, the Virtual Museum dedicated to the mystical and magical forces of Nature which have governed the Earth since the dawn of time, and still continue to influence our lives in the present day. Spirals The Green Man The Sun and the Moon The Celts Dragons and Serpents Whales and Dolphins Faerie Folk - NEW The Knight's Templar -NEW Pentagrams -
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: May 21, 2002 | Hits: 9876
"...........To build the mask: 1) Take your pre-bought neutral half-mask and, if it's not plastic, cover it with cellophane (like Handi-wrap). If the mask is plastic, skip to step number two. 2) Cover the cellophane (or plastic mask) with a thin layer of Vaseline, so you'll be able to take the paper mache off when you're finished. 3) Begin to layer on your newspaper or....."
Category: Mask making / Methods
Added on: May 01, 2001 | Hits: 9874
As an artist I seek for ways by which to address contradictions and paradox. “The Mask” has given me a form with which I can play with the paradoxical nature of human experience. “The Mask” is an object of concealment which will also reveal.
Category: Maskmakers
Added on: Aug 27, 2008 | Hits: 9839
Fine Gourd Art. Decorative masks.
Category: Maskmakers / Other materials - latex - mixed media etc.
Added on: Sep 17, 2005 | Hits: 9828
We offer one of the largest selections of Masquerade Masks and Venetian Masks in every colour and design you can think of. Masks with or without feathers, with or without sticks, all beautifully adorned with paints, acrylics, glitter, gems and crystals. Made in Venice by Venetian Artisans
Category: Mask tradition
Added on: Sep 17, 2012 | Hits: 9822
We had an opportunity to witness several masked dance ceremonies. The regal lively dances always drew a crowd, both local people and any tourists present. The costumes complementing the masks were vivid and contributed to the overall effect. Most masks were made of wood and/or coarse fabric.
Category: Mask tradition / Rituals
Added on: Jun 15, 2002 | Hits: 9818
papier m?ch? masks inspired by nature, folklore and ethnology
Category: Maskmakers / Papier mach
Added on: Feb 22, 2005 | Hits: 9811
Spectacular stiltshows. Nice Photos. + Masks
Category: Street theatre
Added on: Oct 07, 2002 | Hits: 9804
Claudia Hapeman designs venetian inspired wedding masks, masquerade masks, wall art masks and more. Custom masks are commisioned in advance and certain models are available for re-creation. View her entire collection of venetian masks online at www.socaldesignco.com/designer.htm .
Category: Maskmakers / Other materials - latex - mixed media etc.
Added on: Sep 30, 2006 | Hits: 9803
"PECADOS Y DANZANTES DE CAMU?AS" Books - videos - cd rom about this tradition. In Spanish.
Category: Mask books - film - video
Added on: Jun 03, 2002 | Hits: 9789
Katja Esser is a visual and performance artist who uses her mask, dance, sound and ritual to awaken the deep story we carry in our bones. She studied art in her native country, the Netherlands. She has exhibited her artwork in New York City, Boston, Belgium and the Netherlands. Katja?s work has been greatly inspired by nature. Her numerous month long trips to Utah?s wild canyon country and her involvement in ritual, sound and movement have put a strong mark on her work as well as her life.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Mar 14, 2006 | Hits: 9782
Tiger Torre Art sells hand-molded, hand-painted leather masks and crowns, each a unique, wearable work of art. Tiger, the artist, can custom fit the mask to the customer, work under and over glasses, and loves the challenge of custom designs. She also makes a variety of other custom leather gear, including bracers, knife sheaths, pouches, collars and much more. Tiger is featured on the HGTV show, ?That?s Clever? in 2006.
Category: Maskmakers / Leather
Added on: Feb 24, 2006 | Hits: 9742
Site in German Dieses Tanzspiel mit den Masken ist ein pantomimisches Mysterienspiel und dessen Auff?hrungen z?hlen zu den feierlichen Gottesdiensten der Buddhisten. Das Wort ist tibetischen Ursprungs und bedeutet "Tanz".
Category: Articles on masks
Added on: Jan 22, 2001 | Hits: 9740
fairy tales and fables from original works Portal site for quality Internet fairy tale sites Fairy Painting and Illustrators New pieces - chapters added regularly Texts are in html (web) format.
Category: Myths - legends - spirituality - spirits - fairy t
Added on: May 19, 2002 | Hits: 9740
We believe that street theatre is the most powerful and accessible form of theatre there is, and we are never satisfied with merely titillating the public's fancy. We take the responsibility of hijacking the audience?s imagination very seriously - we will never juggle, ride unicycles or eat fire. We will always provide original, accessible, comic events. We maintain the highest possible standards of professionalism when dealing with promoters and public alike. Our productions are suitable for all.
Category: Street theatre
Added on: Jan 18, 2001 | Hits: 9733
Bigheads manchester like our name suggests wear Bigheads as a start for our of the wall comedy walkabout shows. The site has hundreds of pictures and if you have appeared at Streets Ahead in manchester you will find a picture or two of your show.
Category: Street theatre
Added on: Feb 15, 2001 | Hits: 9727
Beyond his reputation as an artist, Art Thompson has also been an important educator, lecturer, and ambassador for Northwest Coast art and culture. He has traveled extensively as a guest of governments, museums and corporations to give lectures and to demonstrate Northwest Coast carving and design. He has overseen numerous collaborative projects involving the input of many artists and organizational groups. He has dedicated his time and resources in raising funds for important causes such as the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the Multi-Cultural Centre for Camosun College, the Victoria Art Gallery and native education in British Columbia.
Category: Maskmakers / Wood
Added on: Jan 17, 2001 | Hits: 9721
SUPERSOFT PLATINUM SILICONE MARK ALFREY WEREWOLF MASK THAT MOVES WITH YOUR FACE!!! A SECOND SKIN IF YOU WILL!!THE EARS ARE ALSO POSABLE!! COMES WITH A FULL SET OF WEREWOLF TEETH FROM DENTAL DISTORTIONS AND PROFESSINAL DISPLAY HEAD. WE WILL BE ONLY TAKING A FEW ORDERS. FURTHER INFO AT WWW.SPFXMASKS.COM .
Category: Maskmakers / Other materials - latex - mixed media etc.
Added on: Jun 06, 2005 | Hits: 9715
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