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Kim Flintoff offers his quick
and easy mask-making technique to Drama teachers.
You can read
more about the offer, any feedback will be appreciated.
Commedia
dell'Arte Masks
And if you want some great masks to use with your Commedia work then you must see Tony Kishawi from Transient Theatre (these are the masks I use). Now available again after nearly 8 years!
Arlecchina's Masks are designed for the actor, tempered by experience and forged in the creative spirit of innovative performance. Each mask is handcrafted from start to finish by its Maskmaker. The masks themselves range from historical reproductions to variations of familiar stock Commedia characters to wild flights of fancy that embody the renaissance of interest in contemporary mask performance. They look great - deep breaths before checking prices!
Ross Brown's site - a mask-maker based in Sydney. His catalogue is available on line.
Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the Center for Puppetry Arts is one of the largest organizations in the United States dedicated to the art of puppetry. The Center is a magical place where adults as well as children can be entertained, educated and enlightened about all forms of puppetry.
Site of Patrick Duffy, a mad keen masker from the land of the long white cloud... aso has details of his masks, his teaching, his theatre troupe and more...
A mask maker and her gallery, more artistic than theatrical.
A selection of images and descriptions of creative masks - usefulness may be limited in a classroom setting.
Goddess 200 Project - Making Sacred Masks
There are lots of ways to make masks. The mask above is a simple one, made from plaster gauze bandages and Bondo. It was then painted with Gesso and black acrylic paint. A simple cord in the back makes it wearable for ritual or performance.....
Horse + Bamboo Theatre Company
Horse + Bamboo Theatre Company is based in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. We use masks, puppetry, and live music to create a distinctive, and intelligent, visual theatre. Founded by Bob Frith in 1978, Horse + Bamboo has its roots in the most ancient and universal of performing traditions - the magic folk theatre of puppetry, masks, transformations, and playful objects. It's both accessible and popular - but enjoys experiment.
A Western Australian company that is actively involved in Drama education - also performance, mask and mime.
Jennifer Stannard
Another Australian mask maker - she offers a range of resources - including some nice Shockwave work - she also has some information on Lazzi. Currently a dead link - can anyone locate where this great site has moved to?
As the title suggests, this site is all about leather. It's a shameless self-promotional display of my artwork where leather is used as a primary medium. Leather is a fascinating natural material which opens wide possibilities for a variety of techniques. It provides endless combinations of form, texture, color, feel and scent.
Mask Arts Co. / Stanley Allan Sherman - Leather Theatre Masks, Masque Designer for Theater, Dance, Wrestling, Commedia, Clowns, Opera. Custom made masks, Clown Noses, specializes in molding leather & odd projects. Clients include, Big Apple Circus, Patch Adams, WWF “Mankind”, Phantom of the Opera and may Clowns and Performers.
How did masks evolve? Who uses them? What do they symbolize? Through the creative facial casting of our inner selves, from ancient civilizations to present day rituals, masks have possessed and revealed the world's culture.
An impressive Danish site about masks and street theatre - site available in Scandinavian and English. Well worth investigation. Impressive photography.
This is a place for masks and other feathercraft items. See over 100 masks and feathercraft items.
Nina Barlow has been making paper and fiber masks since 1989. Using her skills as sculptor, tailor, and patternmaker, she creates powerfully expressive characters for theatrical use.
Masks: The Art of Revealing and Concealing
Classroom mask-making activities presented by Abby O'Leary as part of a teachers' workshop in conjunction with
The Mask of Venice: Masking, Theater and Identity in the Art of Tiepolo and His Time
This "Theme Page" has links to information about Masks. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme.
The Mask—A West African Ceremonial Object
by Sharon L. Mullen - Another in the lesson resources at Yale - New Haven.
The Mask Studio:
School of Mask (U.K.) 
People involved in The Mask Studio combine years of experience In mask design and creation, teaching mask making and using, and in the use of masks in theatrical productions and therapy. This site has quite a lot of information including great pics and a gallery of masks for sale.
The Mask Studio is a place where masks are designed and made for theatrical productions and carnivals. David Riley is a reguler correspondent with DramaWest's webmaster. He is currently offering masks for sale and has extended the possibilities of the basic mask making technique offered at DramaWest by Kim Flintoff. David's contributions will soon be available via DramaWest.
Another plaster bandage technique.
The Merchant of Venice: toys for the face
The sculptured eyeholes, the beaks and pointed noses, tapering, dripping cheeklines and deeply brooding brows, the peaks and twists and swirling curls, saturations of wanton colors -- These are the unmistakable and instantly recognized trademarks of Cheryl Mandus' unique and distinctive style of mask design.
Written instructions on how to create your own Halloween type masks.
Join mask maker Paolo Consiglio online for our 10 day leather mask making workshop, in the design and construction of leather performance mask. This is one of the most extensive and detailed accounts of mask making I have found on the web. A must see site. Maintained by Bill Blaikie at Charles Sturt University.
Milliner's Approach to Mask Making
Borrowing materials and techniques from millinery, maskmaker Katherine Snider has perfected a way to build lightweight, face-hugging masks.
Milwaukee Public Museum -- Masks
A collection of masks from around the world and some great commentary on the history of masks.
An Illusion of Facial Expression Perception
We have opened this Home Page for the purpose of letting you know about traditional Japanese Noh Masks. We have a collection of about 20 historical character masks as you can see on our Noh Mask List Page.
Paolo Consiglio, a master leather mask maker and teacher from Florence, Italy.
A lesson plan developed by Curriculum Corporation (Australia)
Your resource for puppet shows, puppet building workshops, and puppet building information.
The Puppetry Home Page is produced by Rose Sage of Sagecraft Productions and Nick Barone of puppetbuilder.com. The Puppetry Home Page is a free resource for the puppetry community and is dedicated to helping people connect with the world of puppetry.
This "Theme Page" has links to information about Puppetry. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme.
UNICEF site about using puppets for social change.
A fascinating collection of masks - great images and all linked to spiritual expression through mask.
Through the media of theatre, Sen'klip strives to pass the values, the traditions, and the knowledge of the past to the generations of tomorrow.
TaskMaskers is broken down into 3 specific divisions: the performance company, Teatro di Pecorino Romano; mask construction; and theatrical mask training for performance. Each separate aspect of our company, combined together, creates a cohesive theatrical performance concept. And it's funny, too!
A developing site about the great range of Indonesian masks.
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The idea of organising a parade of floats to celebrate Carnival outdoors, all together along the streets, developed from some youths of the well-to-do society in February 1873 in the Café del Casino. Later this original event, which took place on the Sunday and Shrove Tuesday of February 1873, ripened in the Carnival of Viareggio, as it is known today; one of the most beautiful and magnificent spectacular events of the world.
Have you ever watched Sesame Street and seen the puppets? Which is your favourite? People all over the world enjoy puppets and each country's puppets are different. We're going to use the World Wide Web to visit different countries and find out what the puppets are like in each one. Then you will make a puppet and write a play for that puppet. When we're all done, we'll have a puppet show!