African mask crafting

In Africa, masks have been worn at parties for years, where there is extensive dancing with masks on. For example, when celebrating a birth, adulthood, a marriage, but also at a funeral. They are also used in hunting, cleansing, expulsion of ghosts or war with another tribe. With a mask dance, the Africans have so diverse rituals. Today, masks are still being made, but not always just for the rituals, but also more for art. Usually they are made of wood and look like a human or animal, but it often has abstract shapes. The decorations are stylized and are not complicated. Very nice to make one yourself, so! The great thing about it is, that anything goes and goes with an African mask! There are no rules, so nothing is right or wrong. Crafting a mask according to your own feeling, just how you want it, is not super cool? The white papier-mâché masks have a thin felt layer and have a wide elastic band. They are ideal for dyeing or decorating and therefore also really portable! More info On the Internet we looked for some pictures of African masks, for inspiration. You see, there are a lot of options, these are just a few:) To get a wood look, we first paint the mask brown. The bow on top is a half paper sign. The other half we fold in half and we use for the earrings. With a red marker, we color the edge, a bit like the top example mask on the inspiration sheet. The ribbing of the sign is useful to get this effect. Left: Fit half the sign to the head and cut off the excess curve. This way the mask just fits on your head! Right: Glue the edge of the mask with glue and place it on the half plate. The Collall glue glues firmly and dries quickly. (Click HERE for more info) From a double folded thin cork sheet, cut 2 ovalets Cut out the inner part so that you have about these shapes. Glue them above and below each eye. (This corkskin was very coincidentally self-adhesive) Fold the other half plate in half, draw a thick 8 and cut it out. Color the eights with red marker and set dashes with black marker. Fold a piece of the 8 in half and glue them to the inside of the mask. Draw dots, stripes and other things with a white paint marker (paint marker) With wooden figures (so-called Woodsies) you can decorate or use other natural decorations. Cut a long piece of thick wool and tie a piece or 4 pieces of wool to it. This will be the “beard”! Place the beard around the chin and make the ends disappear near the ears. The wool wire can enter through the top hole of the earring. Then stick it with, for example, a piece of Duct Tape! Well, that turned out to be a pretty nice beard! Papier-mâché mask decorating - Read more Creatively shaping a decorative mask with deco patch and accessories - Read more Creatively create your own carnival mask - Read more See more on Yoors? Then sign up for free first: - Click here and enter your email address. #masker   #englishmask   #maskerdans   #africa   #englishmaskknutselen   #tinkering   #maskcrafting   #collall   #africaanserituelen   #maskscrafts   #masquerade   #africaknutsel   #africaanseknutsel