Art & Design 2200

Mask Making

Art & Design 2200

Mask Making

Mask Making• Ceremonial and Ritual Uses

Mask Making• Ceremonial and Ritual Uses

• Disguise

Mask Making• Ceremonial and Ritual Uses

• Disguise

• Protection

Mask Making• Ceremonial and Ritual Uses

• Disguise

• Protection

• Performance

Mask Making• Ceremonial and Ritual Uses

• Disguise

• Protection

• Performance

• Functional

This stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BCE and is probably the oldest mask in the world

(Musée de la bible et Terre Sainte )

Golden masks excavated in Kalmakareh, Lorestan, Iran. First half of first Millennium BC.

National Museum of Iran.

Aztec mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, c. 1500, of Mixtec-Aztec provenance

Fang mask used for the ngil ceremony, an inquisitorial search for sorcerers. Wood, Gabon, 19th century.

A traditional Malian mask

A traditional Urhoboan mask

Papierkrattler masks at the Narrensprung 2005 Carnival parade, Ravensburg, Germany

Heather Gallagher

Heather Gallagher

Colin MacGillivray, Sackville High School, 2001

Matthew MacFayden, Sackville High School, 2003

Ashley Swain, Sackville High School, 2003

Elyse Ryan, Sackville High School, 2002

Kelly Pittman, Sackville High School, 2002

Lindsay Brown, Menihek High School, 2003

Nikita Butt, Menihek High School, 2003

Meg Simmons, Menihek High School, 2003

Brainstorm Ideas

Brainstorm Ideas• Create a diagram in your sketchbook with

as many word ideas as you can think of

Brainstorm Ideas• Create a diagram in your sketchbook with

as many word ideas as you can think of

MASK

masquerade

feathers

bird

eye mask

Mardi Gras

metallics

happy

exotic

rainbow

Sketch your Ideas

Sketch your Ideas• In your sketchbook, create three thumbnail

(small) sketches of your mask ideas.

Sketch your Ideas• In your sketchbook, create three thumbnail

(small) sketches of your mask ideas.

• These will be included in your evaluation!

Sketch your Ideas• In your sketchbook, create three thumbnail

(small) sketches of your mask ideas.

• These will be included in your evaluation!

#1. #2.

#3.

Project Requirements

Project Requirements• You will get together in groups of two or

three

Project Requirements• You will get together in groups of two or

three

• Your group members will create a mold of your face using plaster strips

Project Requirements• You will get together in groups of two or

three

• Your group members will create a mold of your face using plaster strips

• You will build up features like cheek bones, chins, noses using Ultra Mache molding medium

Project Requirements

Project Requirements

• You will use painting effects to enhance the design of your mask.

Project Requirements

• You will use painting effects to enhance the design of your mask.

• Once completed, you will add a protective varnish to seal all materials.

Evaluation

Evaluation

• You will be marked on your brainstorming and three sketches

Evaluation

• You will be marked on your brainstorming and three sketches

• Mask structure

Evaluation

• You will be marked on your brainstorming and three sketches

• Mask structure

• Embellishment (building up of cheek bones, horns, noses, chins, etc.)

Evaluation

• You will be marked on your brainstorming and three sketches

• Mask structure

• Embellishment (building up of cheek bones, horns, noses, chins, etc.)

• Painting technique