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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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After that I dipped the paper into the glue and rubbed the glue in a bit so the paper was very soft, but not mushy. I wiped off excess glue and started to build up the first layer of the mask onto the mold. For delicate areas around nose and mouth I tore up the paper bits even more, so they would lie flush against the mask. Once I had the mask covered completely I set it aside and let it dry.
I repeated the process four or five times more until I had a reasonably sturdy mask.
I then used white gesso (you use it to prime canvas for oil painting) and painted over the mask about 10 times letting each gesso layer dry (you can pop the mask in the oven at 100 to 150F to speed things up).
Once the last gesso layer had dried I removed the mask from the mold and painted the inside with two gesso layers to make it look better.
Once the mask had completely dried I used a Dremel drill to drill out the eye holes, nostrils, the openings for the mouth and two holes on the side to hold ribbons to tie the mask to the face. I also sanded the edge of the mask smooth.
Once I had a finished mask I used metallic colors right onto the gesso to paint the mask inside and out. This also made the masks more flexible. The "raw" gesso mask is fairly rigid, but with the metal lacquer it seemed to become more like a leather mask. With the metal colors dry you can either wear the mask right away or give it a protective layer of spray-on transparent varnish.
thanks
Really lovely work - I can't wait to see what else you make in this medium. ~bounce~