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Friday, 10 December 2010
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.
Friday, 3 December 2010
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.
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.
Friday, 26 November 2010
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.
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