I started this project by showing kids a variety of masks from various cultures. We spent some time discussing the reasons and meanings of the masks in the cultures presented. We identified common aesthetic elements in the masks we observed.
Then each student got a basic oval of brightly colored cardstock folded in half and a basket of construction paper, scissors and glue.
Students had to create masks that considered the following: symmetry, breaking the edge(extending beyond the contour of the mask) and layering of color. Ideas I gave them for "breaking the edge" were adding horns, hair, beards, scalloped edges...
Next I demonstrated a variety of paper sculpting techniques that can be appied to masks (curling and crimping for hair, folding for noses, curving for eyelids etc.) to give them a 3D effect.
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