Slide show of the finished Venetian Masks.
Making Venetian Masks - Decorating
After all the painting was completed each mask had a couple of layers of water based varnish applied. I decided to use water based varnish as I knew this wouldn't fill the classroom with varnish fumes.
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| Ostrich feathers...stardust glitter (very fine), placed on some patterns... |
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| Starting to add embellishments around the eyes... |
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| Stardust glitter applied.. |
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| Making a posy of feathers....held together with felt and some hot glue gun. Then placed inside the mask. |
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| Deciding where to place the feathers... |
Making Venetian Masks...Painting
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| Boxes of masks ready for painting.... |
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| First coats of paint on the left...on the right dry brushing technique. |
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| Paint patterns that you want to stand out first... |
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| On the left music notes, stuck on then coated with PVA glue. Then apply metallic gold paint and rub off. |
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| Dry brushing...apply a base coat of colour to your mask. Get a dry brush, apply a small amount of paint. Brush off on paper and then apply to the mask. This will show any texturing you've done to your mask.
Click here to see Making Venetian Masks Sessions 1 - 7.
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Making Venetian Masks - Session 6 & 7
Session 6:
Now the fun began! After each child had decided on the form of their mask it was time to start chopping!
I decided to use cane fibre papier mache masks. However, I wanted the children to have more creative freedom on the form their masks took, so I purchased the full masks.
If the children could they sketched out the shape of their mask onto the papier mache masks and I chopped the masks. This was too dangerous for children to do. I had to use a combination of scissors and a craft knife.
Texture:
To avoid seeing the texture of the original masks the children applied a choice of materials.
What we used:
* Glue gun (hot glue gun)
* Layered Paper (like building up a collage effect)
* Atelier Mouldling Compound
After the glue had dried each mask was coated with a good quality white acrylic paint.
Now the fun began! After each child had decided on the form of their mask it was time to start chopping!
I decided to use cane fibre papier mache masks. However, I wanted the children to have more creative freedom on the form their masks took, so I purchased the full masks.
If the children could they sketched out the shape of their mask onto the papier mache masks and I chopped the masks. This was too dangerous for children to do. I had to use a combination of scissors and a craft knife.
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| The original shaped mask (on the left), the shapes after they've been cut. |
Texture:
To avoid seeing the texture of the original masks the children applied a choice of materials.
What we used:
* Glue gun (hot glue gun)
* Layered Paper (like building up a collage effect)
* Atelier Mouldling Compound
After the glue had dried each mask was coated with a good quality white acrylic paint.
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