Mask

These are my inspirational images that i got my idea for my mask from

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This mask is an Aztec inspired mosaic mask.  It has an analogous color harmony of blues and greens.  There is an interesting pattern throughout the mask, a repetition of organic mosaic pieces.  The mosaic pieces are outlined by contour lines that help the pieces stand out and allow us to see certain parts of the face that would not be seen if it was all one color.
I choose this mask because I really like the use of mosaic tiles, and the analogous color harmony.

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This is another Aztec mask, a replica of one of an old Aztec mask.  The black stripe right next to the light blue stripe on this mask helps to emphasis the two light blue areas.  This mask is also a mosaic and the texture in the light blue area from the small mosaic tiles looks bumpy.
I choose this mask as an inspirational piece because of the stripes of color across the face.   

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This is a Beijing Opera Mask.  I found that all of the opera masks that I looked at where symmetrical.  The human face is already an example of symmetry but the design as well uses symmetry. 

I choose this mask because I really liked the black affect around the eyes.

These are the sketchs that I came up with after looking at the elments that I liked best about each of my Inspirational masks.

I choose the last sketch to use for mask it uses all of the elements that I liked from the three inspirational pieces.


I created an actual 3-D mask, using a white mask and colored felt.  I used the mosaic tiles from the first aztec mask. I used the stripes from the second to create tan and blue stripes.  I used the idea of the black around the eyes like in the opera mask and also what looks like a black water droplet from the opera mask.  This mask uses pattern in the geometric shapes made by the tiles.  There is also symmetrical balance throughout the mask.

I enjoyed doing this project. I think my mask turned out pretty cool even though I merged cultures that have nothing to do with one another. I really liked doing the research and looking at all of the different types of masks.  It was a little hard when I had an idea in my head and then wanted to find three masks to go with it.  I eventually found these masks and changed my idea because I liked them so much.