What a month! I was able to crawl out of my workshop just long enough to update this blog. I've been feverishly working on a few projects over the past month, the bulk of which has been taken up by these amazing masks I'm working on for a workshop of A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Shakespeare Bash'd Initiative.
This here is a sneak peak at the mask for the actress playing Titania. The concept behind these masks is to make them in a venetian carnival style. Regal, powerful, mysterious, but unobtrusive. I want these masks to highlight the actors natural features and give them the freedom to play around. They will be eventually made of mulberry paper - a fibrous Japanese paper that is very durable.
This here is a sneak peak at the mask for the actress playing Titania. The concept behind these masks is to make them in a venetian carnival style. Regal, powerful, mysterious, but unobtrusive. I want these masks to highlight the actors natural features and give them the freedom to play around. They will be eventually made of mulberry paper - a fibrous Japanese paper that is very durable.
And just because I like anyone who comes to my blog to see what I'm up to - here's a very very sneak peak at the mask for Bottom when he is "translated" into an Ass. It's hiding under a plastic sheet, and has mock ears at the moment, but you can get the idea. This is definitely one of the most exciting masks I'm working on to date for one of my favourite plays.
Other than that I'm hard at work getting ready to teach a mask performance workshop at the Conference of Independent School's Drama Festival where I'll teach young performers the basics of mask! http://www.cds.on.ca/cisdf Very exciting news! I hope to have pictures posted after it happens. Stay tuned!
Other than that I'm hard at work getting ready to teach a mask performance workshop at the Conference of Independent School's Drama Festival where I'll teach young performers the basics of mask! http://www.cds.on.ca/cisdf Very exciting news! I hope to have pictures posted after it happens. Stay tuned!
