This is the beginnings of my piece made with an unusual starting point. I decided to try my hand at making a mask. Sort of building on the faces theme. I did some research on the internet and am having a go at making the foundation of the mask with a sort of fabric pâpier-maché. I am using up out-of-date bandages. Here in Germany it is a legal requirement to have a first aid kit in your car. But they have a sell by date and have to be replaced now and then. We have 2 cars so that’s a lot of out-of-date bandages. If this works I have a neat way to recycle them.
Take bandages
And wallpaper paste
And a base covered in cling film
And start with a layer of bandage strips soaked in wallpaper paste.
I used a mexican pottery mask as my base. It has a fairly simple shape for my first attempt. The first layer is currently drying out. I am aiming at doing 3 layers of bandage. The research I’ve done seems to think that this will be sufficient to be stable but flexible. We shall see.
