I have loved working with clay since I took classes in North Carolina a few years ago. For this assignment we were to make a mask. The first step was to research and draw 5 design ideas. Out of those ideas the one I chose to use for inspiration for my mask was the Sugar Skull which was made in Mexico. I wanted to use the skull idea, but add my own details which would be more of a hint of my interests. I have always been around the ocean, and then I moved here to Saipan, which is surrounded by ocean. So, my mask would represent that love I have for both my Home in NC and here in Saipan.
First we began by building a base. We rolled clay into balls and used them to build up the thickness of what would begin to form into my mask. Here are pictures showing the beginning...
Once i had a base, I was able to begin subtracting clay and shaping it to form the right shape of the sugar skull.
Then I kept shaping till I was able to put more details in, like teeth, and add in the shells, starfish, and barnacle.
Once the mask was shaped, I decided to begin painting. For this project, I wanted to go with the flow, in other words, decide on color as I went. I used blue for the starfish, which is popular here in Saipan. I chose to use a fabric plumeria I bought the first month I moved to Saipan. I painted it to look like the plumeria from my new house.
The final addition I added was add sand to the right eye socket and the nose. I felt that this gave my mask the finishing touch it really needed.
The process:
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