MAKING MASKS: Jester Triangles. How to?

1. • StephanieRaeoni 3 months ago

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   • o Hey, I am an art student in Australia, and for my Unit 1/2 final, I am creating Venetian masks. I am having a problem with one of them though, because I am doing the Jester 'horns' or 'flaps' or 'triangles' (people call them the strangest things), and I thing I'm doing them wrong. I was recently in Venice on holiday and watched a Venetian Mask Maker in action, and was gluing the triangles onto the mask whilst they were flat, and then bending them afterwards. I have wire mesh and have made them into triangular shapes so I can paper Mache them and then glue fabric onto them, but when I bended my paper Mache triangle to see how it would “curl”;, and the paper buckled and went squarish unless I really forced it. If I glue gun my fabric onto them, will my fabric buckle and have weird crease/lump things in them?

     If anyone knows another way to make the triangles, please let me know, because I have tried Google and there's no tutorials or 'how to' pages anywhere. All the mask craftspeople in Venice can do it well, and I was wondering if anyone knows how I can as well.
     Thank you
     Stephanie
     Melbourne, Australia
     

2. • willshirley 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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   • Have you considered using cloth? I have made similar pieces cutting two pieces of cloth and tacking and gluing thin copper wire along the leading edge, then sewing the two pieces of cloth together. You can glue or tack the cloth triangle to the mask and then bend the piece to whatever shape you want. There is some kind of thin plastic material which is bendable when heated, like with hot water, but then hardens up. Can't think of the name of it, though. You might try Googling around. It would make good liner. Good luck.

3. • rozani 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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   • Hi Stephanie.

     Did you complete your mask? I just came across your post and thought it may be too late to respond but here goes.

     Simply bend and shape the armature (wire mesh) first. Once it is in the correct position, then add the paper in small overlapping strips. You could try a sample first before you apply it on to the mask itself.

     Please let us know how it went. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions. I can be reached through my website http://www.rozani.com.

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