Nice work (left), huh? But I'm afraid I don't have a name to go with the image.
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| I'd call this (above) a mask. Sort of. |
This (above) isn't exactly homemade, but it looks that way, so I'll include it.
Above, kid masks displayed on black velvet. I LOVE stuff like this. If you're an adult, you can't fake that kid sensibility. Hmmm. I wonder if kids could be persuaded to sell the masks they make?
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| I love masks that attempt to depict ordinary people (above). |
Good Grief! It's John Travolta (above, left) and Elsa Maxwell (below, right)!
Above, another mask depicting an ordinary citizen. Masks like this one are a great comment on the human race. We try to be hip, famous, beautiful, debonair...but paper mache masks reveal that we're basically just bags of guts on stilts. It's humbling.
Above, a real human face has been captured and branded by color that simply oozed out of the ether beside the person. I always think of color as a strangely malevolent thing that tries to dominate us, maybe even eat us, when we attempt to manipulate it.
Or maybe malevolent isn't the word. Color is just...indifferent to us...it has its own high-energy, anarchic nature, and only the most fearless and skilled human beings can successfully harness it.
Wow! Nice color (above) on that yellow mask!
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| Good Lord! A face (above) like a sting chord! |
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| You have to marvel at the way masks convey emotion so directly and powerfully. |
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| Above, the artist decided to use the crumpled look that paper mache often has. |
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| Above, a macaroni and glue creature. It's a nice stand-alone sculpture, but you might use it as a mask or a hat. |
