MELODY ANDERSON: TECHNIQUES
Melody’s Emotion Masks
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VIDEOS
Watch Melody’s process in “Making a Mask” and hear about her journey as a mask artist in “Making Masks.” You can learn more about Melody and her work here.
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REFERENCE SHEET: Download here.
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MATERIALS for MAKING a MASK
SUPPLIES:
- Paste (see recipe below)
- Piece of cardboard (@ 10” x 12”)
- Newspaper (@ 4 full sheets)
- Brown paper grocery bag or equivalent amount of brown Kraft paper
- Tissue paper (@ 6 sheets)
- Masking tape
- Scissors
- Acrylic paint
- Sewing elastic (1/2 cm – 1 cm wide)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare paste. I like to use flour paste because it’s inexpensive and non-toxic, it has a pleasant, gelatinous texture for sculpting and layering and, with a little white glue added, it has sufficient strength for creating a durable mask.
PASTE RECIPE*:
- Whisk together 1/4 cup white flour with 3 cups cold water in a saucepan.
- Whisk mixture on medium heat until it comes to a boil.
- Remove from heat.
- Cool (completely or to lukewarm).
- Pour into a plastic container.
- Stir in a approximately 2 tablespoons of white glue.
*This paste has the best texture when used fresh, but will keep in the fridge for a week. If left out, mould will form.
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HER BOOK
Melody is the author of Making Masks, Blurb, 2022: https://www.blurb.com/b/11031604-making-masks
