There was a project that my teacher came up with, for the whole school, to make hats and masks in honor of Halloween. Since I have her for two classes, and she made this a project for our classes, I made several. I started with two and didn't like them and just kept making them until I was finally happy with them. I have also included the "artist's statements" that our teach made us put together for each mask. Check them out and let me know what you think.
This is my favorite and what I consider my alter ego of "sugar plum". The hair is fierce.
Sugar Plum
Sugar Plum is my alter ego. She is how I see my inner self with bright colors, textures, glitter and a little flair for the exotic. Her pink feather hair gives the mask a soften touch in contrast with the stark white face. The shapes of the cheeks, lips and eyes, along with the tribal art, give her a personality that makes her come alive. This mask was actual the most simple of my masks, but I believe has the most impact based purely on color and texture.
This mask was based on my 30 head drawing. If you take off the veil it looks just like a black and white (pearlized) mask , but when you add the veil it becomes two women.
The Kiss
This design is based on an illustration I drew for my rapid visualization class to support love. The illustration was a black ink tribal sketching of men kissing men, women kissing women as well as men kissing women. Once I came up with the shape of the mask, I wanted to make the mask itself very stark in contrast with the lines of only part of the sketch. It takes on the appearance of just a line drawing, but once you know what it is, you see the two faces kissing, without knowing their gender. Once the veil is laid over the mask, it becomes two women kissing in a very faint and subtle overlay.
Here is my teacher's favorite. She actually named it for me and we are calling it the "happy place". It is where she would go if she could go to her "happy place". There is a reserved bench just to make sure no one jacks it.
Go to My Happy Place
Who doesn’t prefer to spend time in their happy place as opposed to reality? This is a conceptual design based on what my happy place looks like. It all started with the paper flowers (individually made by hand) that seemed to take over the design with their colors and glitter that make them glow. I knew the additional colors could not compete; hence the gray and assorted muted tones. I used a basic green felt to simulate a “tacky” green grass/turf and made a reserved bench to balance the design with a focal point and hidden treasure among the flowers.
Here is my final one based on the color wheel. It has all of the 12 shades from the color wheel and it is a feather based tiara.
Queen of Color
The Queen of Color Crown is in honor of the color fundamental teachers. We all remember having to paint and repaint tints, tones and shades of the color wheel, so I decided to honor that with a little sparkle. The crown is my favorite accessory and the ring of feathers adds a soft texture to the base. The color circles are made in a 3D format to show how colors can reflect at different angles and are unique to the individual viewer.
3 of mine are to the right of the desk.
More masks by several of the students.
Kissing mask based on my 30 heads piece. I had done more than my required 2, and we decided not to put up the four b/c there was not enough room.
This is a better shot of my masks.
Another View
