Mask Makers Web

"I have been building masks and puppets since 1996, and sculpting and drawing since I was old enough to hold a crayon. I love creating visual art with almost every medium, but things like mask-making and puppetry are particularly fascinating to me as they bring art into that magical dimension of time and movement."

Added on: Jan 16, 2001 | Hits: 16894

"My gourd face masks bring the spirit of imagination to life." I use a blend of oil base paints, fine sand, stains, acryllics. Pheasant, turkey, hackle feathers, horse hair,etc. in my creations.

Added on: Feb 01, 2001 | Hits: 12157

Arlecchina's Masks is now open to the public. We work in papier mache primarily (though we are exploring other techniques. We offer full face character masks, commedia dell'arte masks, gargoyles, historical reproductions, as well as a pantheon of Greek Gods.

Added on: Jun 03, 2001 | Hits: 10455

Director, Actor, Maskmaker " I began working as a sculptor by making masks for theatre productions. I have since explored many other subjects but I always come back to sculpting faces and masks. Faces are the most fascinating subjects for me. A face can be exaggerated, distorted or reduced to it's simplest form and still be recognizable. When you are sculpting a face you are speaking in a visual language that everyone on the planet can understand. Simply by changing the tilt of an eyebrow I can change the feeling of a mask "

Added on: Oct 04, 2002 | Hits: 10373

I began making masks in 1980. I have respected original traditions from the start. Even thou I have a wide range of types and decorations, from traditional carnival masks and italian comedy art, to modern art types, I personally prefer those traditionally meant for canival and a character representation. Besides the mask creations I have explored techniches and materials that allows me to experiment in a way that my work can be identified for it's personal recognisable style.

Added on: Feb 10, 2003 | Hits: 10298

As an artist I seek for ways by which to address contradictions and paradox. “The Mask” has given me a form with which I can play with the paradoxical nature of human experience. “The Mask” is an object of concealment which will also reveal.

Added on: Aug 27, 2008 | Hits: 10101

Bijan designs beautiful unique Venetian style masks, including Commedia dell'Arte, and Sculptural pieces treasured by collectors worldwide. The little shop in Piazza Pitti, by the Pitti Palace Museum in Florence, was originally that of Prof.Agostino Dessi/Alice le Maschere. No one can forget seeing the hundreds of shining gold, silver, and painted masks hanging from the walls and ceilings. While teaching maskmaking to UCLA drama students in Florence, Wendy Steen-Olsen discovered Bijan's incredible masks and wanted to make them available in the USA, and for mask lovers everywhere, so Florentine Masks was born. Masks are very collectible and many have fine drawings, etchings, and painting of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo etc.. See "Florentine Masks"

Added on: Jan 01, 2003 | Hits: 9816

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

Added on: May 19, 2001 | Hits: 9729

A beautiful shop in Venice. A real traditional maskmaker. We've the real traditional mask of Venice!

Added on: Feb 11, 2003 | Hits: 9707

Ancient American Goddess images by Juan Compo, in paintings, murals, wall hangings, posters and fabrics, are now in private collections in the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico. Juan Compo is the name chosen by a fifth generation Canadian artist who built his Mexican studio in Ajijic on Lake Chapala in 1991

Added on: Jan 21, 2001 | Hits: 9660

Doug Fountain embodies the spirit and the power of the Great American Indian. A direct descendant of the legendary Chief Sitting Bull, Doug's family are proud members of the Devil's Lake Dakota Sioux. This distinguished legacy uniquely enables this extraordinary artist to use the knowledge and wisdom of his heritage to create his spectacular, one-of-a-kind, original Native American art.

Added on: May 24, 2002 | Hits: 9634

( Can make, or teach you how to make floats or anything you desire ) ARTE-CARTA gathers firms that operate in the planning and realization sector of manufactured articles made of papier-mach?, plastic reinforced by incorpored fiberglass, polyurethane, polystyrene. Our lengthy experience guaranties a high quality in restrained costs. Our manufactures answers to the fireproof and safety normativeness.

Added on: Jan 03, 2001 | Hits: 9170

Different artists

Added on: Jan 21, 2001 | Hits: 8836

Wonderful masks by different artists. Info about the artists too

Added on: Jan 21, 2001 | Hits: 8592

Bea Lubbers makes masks fitting exactly on the person who wants to play with it. On a chalk mould (especially made) I produce a mould of the mask I want to make. After that the real thing starts. Building up with little pieces of leather and finishing it off with material to make the mask firm and enduring. Colours, completing the character, is the last and very much fun-part...

Added on: Aug 29, 2001 | Hits: 8359

Background information on Native American sculptor Edward Ned Bear (Plains Cree) from Canada. Interacrtive masks (3) rotates side to side by mouse cursor, once selected on homepage. Some audio provided.

Added on: May 18, 2005 | Hits: 8332

museum quality props/masks/puppets/dolls from your favorite film nightmares

Added on: Feb 05, 2002 | Hits: 8151

A personal home site of a mask maker, director and mask teacher with a mask gallery and a list of courses.

Added on: Apr 26, 2001 | Hits: 8111

( Workshops as well) Besuchen sie mich im Atelier in Steinen wo Masken aller Art hergestellt werden. Wachs- Traditionsmasken, Drahtgittermasken Theatermasken, Masken f?r Guggenmusigen usw.

Added on: Jan 22, 2001 | Hits: 8086

It first started as simple enjoyment of Halloween.... then it became more. Now I enjoy helping other people experience the freedom of assuming a fantastic New Identity.

Added on: Feb 15, 2001 | Hits: 7994

Maler und Grafiker HANS-GERHARD BL?DORN mit der Technik der RADIERUNG - von dem freischaffenden K?nstler - - mit Photos -

Added on: Apr 09, 2001 | Hits: 7548

Cayoya, como se conoce a este famoso caretero, se inici? en su arte en el a?o 1965 y desde entonces sus caretas se conocen en todo el pa?s y en el extranjero. La m?scaras de Cayoya se encuentran en varias exposiciones de arte popular, el Museo de Hombre Dominicano, el Museo Nacional de Cuba, el Museo de las Am?ricas y en innumerables colecciones privadas. Este artista, al igual que los dem?s confecciona sus m?scaras en "papier mach?", con una f?rmula especial que las hace de una dureza ?nica. En sus rostros resaltan rasgos grotescos que representan al la figura del diablo: muchas de sus caretas tienen largos cuernos y dentadura exagerada formada por dientes de vaca , caballo, pl?stico y ?ltimamente, por u?as postizas. Cayoya junto a su obra, ha participado en varias exposiciones nacionales e internacionales, entre las que destacase:

Added on: Feb 21, 2001 | Hits: 7335

The history of C?sar goes back to the 19th Century. At that time the Barthelemy couple used goose feathers (and other feathers) to write. But then steel nibs appeared and were considerably better than the feather. Thus the Barthelemy?s decided to abandon writing, but not the feathers, and in 1842 they started to make masks..... from feathers. In 1905, a certain Mr. C?sar - whose parents lacked neither humour nor ambition for their son when they called him ?Jules? - took over the business and gave it his name. The children, grandchildren, great grand children of Jules C?sar succeeded him at the head of the business until 1991, when it was sold to the current Chairman and Managing Director, Richard Roizen

Added on: Apr 20, 2001 | Hits: 7292

Handcrafted masks by award winning artist Alyssa Ravenwood. Masks for performance and masquerade. Expressive theater masks: Commedia masks, Greek Theater masks, Character masks. Beautiful fantasy masks for Renaissance Fairs, Halloween and Mardi Gras.

Added on: Sep 17, 2004 | Hits: 7275

(Version in french) Si vous habitez proche de l'Ard?che vous pouvez venir visiter mon atelier, il est ouvert sur rendez-vous et en principe tout l'?t?. Vous pouvez me faire venir aussi pour une conf?rence sur le masque ou me demander mon essai sur le masque et l'au dela. Apr?s avoir travaill? avec le Bread and Puppet en 1970 etj'ai fond? avec Susan Foagarty leTh??tre du Bl? Noir, avec lequel j'ai cr?? 28 spectacles de th??tre masqu?.Les masques constituent mon p?le d'int?ret privil?gi? depuis 1967 et apr?s 20ans de pratique th??trale et de mise en sc?ne je dirige ? la demande des stages de fabrication de masques et de jeu masqu?. facteur de masque et metteur en sc?ne depuis 1967, j'ai travaill? avec Peter Schuman au Bread and Puppet en 1970 et ensuite cr?? avec Susan Fogarty le Th?atre du Bl? Noir. Aujourd'hui je travaille avec l'Hippocampe THEATRE

Added on: Jan 03, 2001 | Hits: 7227