Step-by-Step Mask Making

My first endeavor with mask making started in Fall of 2016 when I was assigned Head Crafts Artisan for our production of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. I had to create and oversee the creation of fourteen masks that were worn during the third act of the play. My next mask project was in Fall 2017, when I costume designed and created a bird mask for our production of Anon(ymous) by Naomi Izuka. The methods I am familiar with in terms of mask making include toilet paper mache clay, varaform and thermoplastics, and plaster cloth bandage masks. Below are examples of two of my favorite forms of Mask Making.