How I made MY mask!

This is how I made my mask.


Things you will need:
Mod rock-Plaster of paris
modeling wire




How I made it: 
1. I got an old mod rocked mask and put the modeling clay over it. 
2. I then took the modeling wire off and got a bucket of luke warm water. 
3. Cut of strips of mod rock and put them in the water.
4. You then pick each bit out of the water and put them on the wire. Smooth each piece over.
5. Keep adding bits of the mod rock until the whole mask is covered. 
6. Wait until the mask is dry and do what you want with it. E.g. Paint it, colour it in...
7. Gently remove the mask from the modeling wire and wear the mask. 

How to make a mask out of plaster of paris

Things you need to make a mask:
A lawn chair
old clothing
shower cap 
petroleum jelly (vaseline)                                         
drinking straws
Scissors
Plaster of paris
bowel
spoon
plastic spatula 






1. Wait for a sunny day and bring all your materials outside. Set up the lawn chair to lie in while the sun dries your mask. Wear old clothing.
2. Tuck you hair into a shower cap. Coat your face with vaseline. Use lots of vaseline especially over your eyebrows and eyelashes so that when you pull the mask off it doesn't rip of your eyebrows or eyelashes. 
3. Cut a drinking straw into 3 inch lengths. Lie back on the lawn chair and stick the 3 length straws up your nose so you can breath through them. 
4. Get 2 cups of water and 4 cups of plaster of paris and mix them together. Stir the mixture well until smooth and spreadable. Then get a friend to help you put the plaster of paris over your face and smooth it over. 
5. cover the entire face and if you need to add more plaster of paris on your face then dont hesitate. 
6. Allow it to dry for 2o minuets. Don't move your face because the mask will crack or break.
7 Sit up and carefully move the mask of your face. Wiggle you nose and mouth to help the mask come over. CAREFULLY 

Introduction

Today we started doing our RSC projects where we have to make something for the foyer of the Royal Shakespeare Company (Theatre.) During this I will be putting me ideas and things I find out about the Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

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Evaluation of masks

Today we finished our masks we have been making. Here is my evaluation of it. 




I chose my design because the design really interests me. The picture I based my design on was how I imagined a mask from a theatre production of Beauty and the Beast would be. 


The process of making the mask was pretty easy. The bits that I found difficult was taking the paper mache mask off the template mask without ripping either mask. I also found it difficult to make the teeth and the horns out of paper mache so I gave up and used some different materials to make the teeth and horns instead. 


My final design was a bit different from my original drawing of my mask. My final mask still had horns, teeth and hair, but in my original idea the face was green and instead on my mask I painted the mask in dark brown colours and painted black paint around the eyes. In my drawing I made the teeth bright white but on my mask I painted the teeth a greeny-white colour to make them look rotten. My final mask also had hair but in my drawing I did lots of hair and it was a ginger colour but on my mask I had strips of red material and I didn't put loads of this on top of the head so my mask is also bald. On my drawing I put black eyebrows on it but on my mask i decided to mix a brown and a white and made thick eyebrows. 


My mask is fairly hard and wont break easily during performances but the elastic that holds up the mask is loose and will have to be tightened because it will fall off during performances. 


If I made my mask again I would make the horns and the teeth out of paper mache instead of giving up and making them out of card and pipe cleaners. This way it would have looked more like horns and teeth. I would have also used material to cover the face and the chosen material would have been a furry material to make it look more like a beast. 


I did enjoy making my mask and it made me realise that there are different ways to make something that looks like it could be difficult to make. 

Paper Mache Masks

To make a paper mache masks you will need a already made mask for a template, Paper or newspaper, glue mixed with a small amount water, and clingfilm and optional a paint brush.

1: You will need to wrap the cling film around the mask template to make sure you get no glue on it. Make sure the cling film is tight around the front and the back. 

2: Get the newspaper or the paper and rip it into strips. 

3: When the newspaper is ripped into strips and the cling film is tightly wrapped around the template mask get the optional paint brush or your fingers and put some glue on the strips of news paper.

4: Put the glued strips of paper around the template until you have one layer and keep on layering the paper until you are happy with it.

5: Leave it to dry for about a day or two.

6: When it is dry, you can pull the newspaper mask of the template mask and it will be ready for you to decorate it any way you like. 

OPTIONAL: If you want to add on cheeks, horns or teeth to your mask then just make them any way you like out of paper mache and stick it before you paint it. 

We have been making masks for our new artefact project. I have been making a mask from the Beauty and Beast from paper mache and so far I am fairly happy with it.