SamanthasEledArtBlog: African Masks

This was the mask that I created in class. Before making the masks we had to research the kind of masks used and what kind of techniques were used. In class we made ours out of milk cartons and we put tape over them and then covered them in shoe polish to give the brown color. I liked to crinkle the tape to add some texture. After the polish dried we painted designs on top and then added hair if we wished. Though I did not see many girl masks I thought it would be fun to modernize the mask making and add in a female mask.

While researching African Masks I have found that there are several different kinds and with those different kinds come different names.I never knew that masks were all different shapes and sizes I always thought they were generally pretty big a little larger than a head and always the same colors brown white and red. Finding all of these masks have given me an idea of how I want to do my own mask in class.