Students at Zane Middle School are preparing for the annual theater event with Roy and Annalisa from Amazing Vox. This year, the 8th grade art students will be making half-face masks to be used in the show. Mr. Weiderman is collaborating with the North Coast Arts Integration Project to create a mask making technique that will work for a class of 32 eighth graders.
So far, the mask process looks like this:
So far, the mask process looks like this:
What we learned from the first iteration
The paper måché was too fragile and flexible. We are now trying a material called Pariscraft which is similar to what used to be used to make casts for broken bones before doctors moved to fiberglass which is lighter and stronger. Here are some images from the second iteration. It seems to be working much better!
The paper måché was too fragile and flexible. We are now trying a material called Pariscraft which is similar to what used to be used to make casts for broken bones before doctors moved to fiberglass which is lighter and stronger. Here are some images from the second iteration. It seems to be working much better!
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