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Masks Inspired by Disney's Animal Kingdom Safari

Posted by Angelinabeadalina on 12/7/2006
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Imagine this: Forty year old cynic waiting in line for the safari ride. Instead of complaining about the wait, she's hoping the line slows down. She wants more time to look at all the masks and carvings and extra little embellishments that Walt's folks have "thrown together" in a way that seems completely appropriate, like what you imagine a real safari outpost might look like. The kids, hubby, and friends were anxious to get on the safari jeep and see the animals. . . and I was secretly wishing for a torch and glass so I could make a mask! The Safari was spectacular, though! Here's what I've gotten to do so far.

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Tribal Hunt Mas 375 x 500 px (36 KB) 0 Comments		Tribal Hunt Mas A little bit animal, a little bit human. Totally tribal. Inspired by the thoughts of a horned mask looking down at me as I waited in line. 396 x 500 px (34 KB) 0 Comments
Tribal Hunt Mas I picked out some browns and reds, then I started randomly winding them onto the glob of glass after it got big enough to be a good base for the mask. I love how some of the Moretti dark reds and chestnuts have a streaky quality. 343 x 500 px (27 KB) 0 Comments	Tribal Hunt Mas Those colors disappear into each other when molten, though, so I really had no idea how it would look when I put it into the kiln. 344 x 500 px (24 KB) 0 Comments	Tribal Hunt Mas When I finally got to sit down at the torch, I just let my mind wander back to the feelings and impressions of all the carved wood, dark colors, animal designs. This is what evolved. . . my own take on a tribal mask. The spiral decoration just felt right 399 x 500 px (31 KB) 0 Comments
Tribal Hunt Mas I usually like to look up information, expand upon it, sketch ideas, etc. This time, I let myself just make it look the way I wanted , so I can't tell you anything about the significance of the stripes or the large eyebrows. 342 x 500 px (22 KB) 0 Comments	Dancing Gazelle Another hybrid human/animal mask with a twist. Literally. It's twisted to give the feel of fluid, dancing movement. 386 x 500 px (33 KB) 0 Comments	Dancing Gazelle A triangular face, part human, part elegant and petite-faced gazelle. Horns twisted of stacked gray and ivory and red dots. 313 x 500 px (23 KB) 0 Comments
Dancing Gazelle Actually, it's the bead that's twisted. Twisted just enough to make it assymetrical and fluid. 315 x 500 px (18 KB) 0 Comments	Dancing Gazelle A little more delicate feeling than the Tribal Hunt Mask, this Dancing Gazelle Mask just evokes a feeling of swiftness and elegant movement. 365 x 500 px (26 KB) 0 Comments	Dancing Gazelle Alive, mischievous. . . wanna dance? 336 x 500 px (21 KB) 0 Comments
Tribal Hunt Mas 333 x 500 px (35 KB) 0 Comments	Hungry Lion Mas Hungry Lion waiting for the lionnesses to bring their prey. 500 x 485 px (36 KB) 0 Comments	Hungry Lion Mas I tried a ruffled mane on another mask you didn't see. That didn't work. This time I tried snipping a halo of glass to make the mane. 446 x 500 px (31 KB) 0 Comments
Hungry Lion Mas I believe I'm in love with Moretti browns nowadays. The light brown has such pretty streaks in it, and the chestnut has a gorgeous reddish tone. 500 x 457 px (32 KB) 0 Comments	Hungry Lion Mas 400 x 500 px (25 KB) 0 Comments	Zebra Woman Mas Masks certainly seem inherently male, don't they? Just a product of the stereotypes that kept women from being priests in many religions for thousands of years, or simply a case of something having an inherently masculine feel? Who knows? 485 x 500 px (50 KB) 0 Comments
Zebra Woman Mas But this one, with the delicate layers of eye material framing the zebra texture body of the face, this is in femine! 366 x 500 px (27 KB) 0 Comments	Zebra Woman Mas Maybe it's the zebra stripes? Or, maybe, it's that pear shaped zebra body... 500 x 438 px (45 KB) 0 Comments	Zebra Woman Mas Of course, she also reminds me of one of the characters from Camp Lazlo on Cartoon Network, so who am I to speculate about her personality?? 440 x 500 px (40 KB) 0 Comments
King This is the third lion face I tried. He's very pared down, very simple in design. 1024 x 917 px (142 KB) 0 Comments	King-- side I like his colors best of the three. Did I tell ya I'm really, really liking Moretti browns lately?? 427 x 500 px (33 KB) 0 Comments	King-- back Just in case there's any doubt :) 500 x 425 px (44 KB) 0 Comments
King-- another 500 x 480 px (41 KB) 0 Comments	Did Groucho kno Hmm, this one broke the bead release before I could get the shape I wanted, but I kept playing anyway. 618 x 768 px (69 KB) 0 Comments	Did Groucho Kno Funny looking, I know, but just like most of my experiments, it led me to learn a new skill. Watch for more elaborate masks with lots of frilly extensions. 408 x 500 px (32 KB) 0 Comments
Many Masks Group shot of four of the masks. These are going on eBay 12/11/06. 500 x 424 px (52 KB) 0 Comments	Handful of Many Going on eBay 12/11/06/. 500 x 383 px (51 KB) 0 Comments

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