The work has gone into creating the bare bones of the piece and this framework/sculpture ultimately becomes the heart and foundation of all the other work that will go into it. If this is not right then nothing that is added to it will work properly. Also as well as being asthetically 'right' it must also strong, lightweight and balanced so that it works as a functioning wearable mask, and ultimately it must feel like it has 'soul'. A mask that doesn't have that certain feel, that just doesn't feel alive at this point, (before you actually start to add colour and decoration and the like) will never really work as a finished piece, for me anyway. It will be just another decorative mask, it won't have that spark, that makes a mask potentially such a potent object!
Visions in Blue
Visions in Blue, inspired by the beautiful and poignant Ultravox track that I've always found so haunting. I'm weaving a web of memories and emotions, regrets and lost youth. There will be a tangle of wild roses, beauty and thorns, moths like fleeting thoughts, cobwebs, veils that hide secrets.....
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is at the centre of something I've wished to do for many years. I hope she and I will go on many journeys together :) She will be a spirit of greens, golds and russets, a celebration of Spring and Autumn, my favourite seasons. From her branches will hang leaves that see into the depths of the forest and leaves that whisper of what lies there. There will be keys and acorns and coiled all about the ever creeping ivy that knows what lies within the hearts of the trees.
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love to see your masks in progress!
ReplyDeleteone can imagine the massive amount of time it takes to create such elaborate masks,you re right amask is no ordinary sculpture , ita alively piece of art , perhaps like a marionnette ,teh technical and practical sides are so important
the vision in blue might also be a queen of hearts mask ;),I like all these secrets and stories hidden in these branches , can"'t wait to see them both completed and... alive! telling their stories :)
I enjoy sharing them dearest and it's interesting for me to step back and see them in a picture. It's like standing back and taking a really good look :)) I think you are right comparing them to marionnettes (and you have made some beautiful ones)it's like engineering and art combined ;)
ReplyDeleteWhen Chris saw me working on the 'Visions' mask the first thing he asked me was if it was the Queen of Hearts! I just like the feel of the 'headdress'I love those Elizabethan heart-shaped head-dresses and have wanted to try and work with one in a mask design for ages now. This piece just seemed right for one. Powerful memories are more often than not, linked with intense or at least strong emotion. Playing with the ancient idea of the heart being the seat of our emotions I liked the idea of using the heart imagery that is woven with the web of memories :)
I'm enjoying working on both these masks so much, I hope they both can tell more of their stories soon ;)xxx
Wonderful! I'm a professional storyteller and love seeing your evolving storyteller mask. Last night all my stories were stories of the forests, this morning I've been pondering my obsession with keys, and Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons! Your work really resonates for me. Looking forward to the finished mask!
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