More Masks

I heard about this exhibit at the Sherwin Miller Center & had to check it out.

I love it when kids are allowed to be creative.

What a variety! They're made out of : cardboard, paper mache, painted clay & glazed ceramic. 

I need to start making more masks. 

 

You asked for it!

Because some of you have asked to see masks here are a few. The first two are after the bisque firing.

These three are after glaze firing but before embellishment. Actually the masks don't photograph well because of the shiny surface of the glaze. Embellishment is the last step. Sometimes I know as soon as I place the clay slab on the form how I will glaze and embellish it, and sometimes the mask evolves in stages of inspiration. Many ideas come to me just as I wake in the morning. These three masks are done now and packed away in boxes waiting for their debut.

Masks

My masks come in stages. One stage is to figure out how to shape the clay slab so that I have a surface to build the features on. I have made many molds by pouring plaster into all kinds of containers: detergent bottles, bowls, pan lids, pie plates, coffee cans, etc. Here are a few of my molds.