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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: 40525
Artist Jess Newton of Jess the Mask Maker Studios presents The Masquerade Exhibit. Official site.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Jul 26, 2015 | Hits: 39100
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: 26816
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: 22954
Vor 20 Jahren habe ich damit begonnen Masken anzufertigen.
Category: Mask artists
Added on: Mar 12, 2009 | Hits: 22240
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: 16772
"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: 16584
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: 16457
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: 15566
"....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: 14890
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: 14657
The Baden carneval
Category: Festivals - carnivals - celebrations - holidyas
Added on: Mar 29, 2001 | Hits: 14384
( 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: 13947
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: 13843
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: 13520
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: 13401
"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: 13354
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: 13314
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: 13206
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: 13178
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: 12925
( 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: 12892
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: 12840
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: 12834
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: 12779
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: 12724
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: 12659
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: 12627
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
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