Wednesday, May 16, 2007

In the Studio - mask bases for Selfers

Here I am making the plaster mask base of Jane Barber - the last one in the series...for now ;) I've used plaster infused bandages cut into strips and applied much like one would paper mache. This way I could make sure I could get into all the little sensitive nooks and allow the nostrils to be left open without the use of straws which were very uncomfortable and caused a bad reaction in one of the actors. Otherwise all the actors took to the process very well.

This photo was kindly taken by Mike Scott.

2 comments:

jude said...

i love the way the real face looks like the mask here. i have been inspired by your masks. and what they symbolize.

Florence said...

I know you have some wonderful masks in you collection. Masks are a very interesting field.

xx