The current cover photo for this blog is a 12 x 12 canvas I created for an annual art show in Lexington, Virginia. Every June the Nelson Gallery sponsors a fund raising event for the Rockbridge SPCA. Anyone can purchase a canvas for $10.00 and create an animal related work of art to donate for sale at the June show. The proceeds from the sales go to the SPCA. I usually do 2 or 3 canvases and they always sell. I enjoy the work, the opening reception, and the opportunity to donate to a community cause.
http://www.nelson-gallery.com/index.html
I have participated in community art events since 1993 in Kitty hawk, NC, Roanoke, VA, Martinsville, VA, and Lexington,VA.
Sometime in mid April 2016 I will begin teaching mask making and paper mache workshops at the Clifton Forge School of the arts in Clifton Forge Virginia. http://www.cfsota.org/
Masks are used by many cultures all over the world. They are used for disguise, alter-egos, theater, religion, magic, rituals, dance, and decoration. Among the materials used for mask making are clay, leather, plaster, wood, fabric, and paper.
The first workshop will offer a chance to build a mask using cardboard, tissue paper and found materials. This method offers many possibilities and is only limited by the size of the cardboard and what found materials are added during the process. I am going to post the steps to making a cardboard mask in photos with pieces of advice as I progress.
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Fig. 1--Basic form for cardboard mask |
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