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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Another hybrid human/animal mask with a twist. Literally. It's twisted to give the feel of fluid, dancing movement.
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A triangular face, part human, part elegant and petite-faced gazelle. Horns twisted of stacked gray and ivory and red dots.
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Actually, it's the bead that's twisted. Twisted just enough to make it assymetrical and fluid.
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A little more delicate feeling than the Tribal Hunt Mask, this Dancing Gazelle Mask just evokes a feeling of swiftness and elegant movement.
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Alive, mischievous. . . wanna dance?
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Hungry Lion waiting for the lionnesses to bring their prey.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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But this one, with the delicate layers of eye material framing the zebra texture body of the face, this is in femine!
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Maybe it's the zebra stripes? Or, maybe, it's that pear shaped zebra body...
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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??
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This is the third lion face I tried. He's very pared down, very simple in design.
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I like his colors best of the three. Did I tell ya I'm really, really liking Moretti browns lately??
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Just in case there's any doubt :)
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Hmm, this one broke the bead release before I could get the shape I wanted, but I kept playing anyway.
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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.
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Group shot of four of the masks. These are going on eBay 12/11/06.
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