Class 1

Masks, Monsters, and Menageries class       May 5, 12, 19, 26 at CFSOTA      cfsota.org       

MaryBeth Drake   Instructor         

Around the world, masks are made for a variety of purposes.

• religious
• ritualistic
• social purpose
• marking a rite of passage
•  power 
•   funerary
•  role playing for theatrical or holiday festivities
•  disguise   
• to change identity
• masquerade
• self expression and creativity 

There are probably dozens of uses not listed here. You can explore online simply by typing masks into a search engine such as Google. Vary your search terms using masks, history of masks, purposes of mask or masks in a particular country such as Japan.

Over the course of four sessions:

Instructor will provide introductory material about use of masks and many possibilities for mask construction.

Instructor will provide guidance for each step of mask production.

Instructor will determine suitability of mask idea for the workshop time allotted and advise students according to time needed outside of workshop.

Instructor will determine suitability of mask idea for the planned materials

Students will generate an idea for a mask to be made of cardboard and create the mask over 4 sessions.

Before the workshop: View my blog and have an idea what you would like to make. Make a few sketches. Don’t worry about the quality of sketches.

Workshop 1 Come with an idea

•  intro to masks and cardboard building 20 minutes
• build base of mask   45 minutes
• start planning additions and ornamentation  15 minutes
• clean up 10 minutes

Materials:

Supplied by me

cardboard, masking tape, utility knives, glue gun and glue sticks, handout, roll sheet

Supplied by participants

odds and ends suitable for additions and ornamentation to use yourself or trade, notebook, your email

My email  mbd1252@gmail.com                      My blog   http://twopackrats.blogspot.com/

Building with Cardboard 


My cardboard favorites on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/mbd52/cardboard/

This website says it all!

http://www.ikatbag.com/2011/03/how-to-work-with-cardboard.html 

More fun

http://www.ikatbag.com/2009/04/earth-day-cardboard-revolution.html 

Wow! I really like this one! It would be very easy to build!

My show opened last week.
http://www.cfsota.org/

I will post a presentation of all the works soon.
For the class we can use newspapers, cardboard, objects you would like to use on your mask.

Class begins May 5 at 10;30 am.
Go to the CFSOTA site to register and pay.

blue blowfish

menacing teapot

Just finished.

Constructed from cardboard.
Decorated with found objects. 
SOLD!