For this project, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, which is an Italy Venice mask. I got the inspiration for this mask when I visited the venetian hotel in Las Vegas as I purchased two of these masks in a shop that sold them hand crafted. Ever since then I have always been interested in masks such as these, which made me really want to make one, as I also enjoyed picking out materials at the store to make it.
Mask #1
I chose this first mask because I thought it was very unique, as it almost looks like it was molded perfectly for the face that it is resting on. I really like the use of gold throughout the mask along with the feathers acting as a fringe around the mask. When I saw this one I just had to pick it.
Art Criticism
Description: With this mask you see a shinny gold background with various gold finishes around the edges, along with very subtle touches of diamond around the edges. As you make your way further out to the edges of the mask, you are greeted with unique brown feathers splattered with white dots.
Formal analysis: The elements and principles used in this mask are color, texture and balance. For color, the mask is glowing in a bright gold color everywhere you look, really drawing the attention in of the viewer. For texture, this can be seen in the boarder of the mask with a grainy looking feel to the edge design, along with a soft texture when looking at the feathery boarder. For balance, the mask is nearly symmetrical, looking nearly the same on both sides.
Mask #2
I chose this second mask because it was similar to the first mask but much more simpler. I liked this mask because it is very luxurious looking with its gold design, along with the very interesting boarder of gold and silver clashing together. I thought this mask really spoke for what I was looking for, as it inspired me to also buy the specific supplies I bought for my mask.
Art Criticism
Description: With this mask you see a simply and smooth golden texture and design, which contains various unique finishes along the boarder, with gold beads around the eyes and a gold and silver garland looking design around the boarder of the mask.
Formal analysis: The elements and principles contained in this mask are color, texture, form and balance. For color, this mask contains many shades of gold, which brings the attention of the viewer straight to its outgoing color. For texture, the mask itself has a smooth looking finish, while the beads, gems and garland have a rougher or coarse feeling to them. For form, the mask contains various 3-dimensional objects, such as gems and beads. Finally for balance, the mask is very symmetric looking, containing basically the same concept on both sides of the mask.
Mask #3
I chose this mask because it was still a little bit seminal to the other two masks, while also having some different aspects to it, such as red colors, instead of fully containing gold. I also chose this mask because it is very outgoing with its red features, making it stick out more, being an attractive piece that people are sure to notice.
Art Criticism
Description: With this mask you see a gold mask with a red coating to look like rust, along with the gold coloring you see a risen design of various lines, next to the lines, along the boarder you find a uniquely woven fringe with bright red tall feathers sticking out of the top of the mask.
Formal analysis: The elements and principles contained in this mask are line, color, texture and balance. For line, this mask contains various risen lines throughout the surface of the mask. For color, the gold does not stick out much in this mask compared to the bright red feathers that strike your attention as you look at this mask. For texture, the risen design creates a bumpy feel to the touch, as the feathers create a softer feeling. Finally for balance, this mask also is very symmetric, as it is basically a mirror image on both sides.
Sketches
Elements and Principles used in my finished mask
The following elements and principles were used in my mask:
Color - For color, the bright gold and sparkly boarder I used throughout the mask really puts an emphasis on color as it draws the viewers eyes right into the mask.
Texture - For texture, this can be seen a couple places on my mask, for the first place it is the gold boarder, which has a very rough and coarse feel to it, secondly, the black sequins places throughout the mask have a bumpy texture to them.
Form - For form, the mask overall is a 3-dimensional object, as as the diamond gems that stick out from the center of the mask.
Balance - For balance, the mask itself is a mirror image when dividing it in-half from where the nose would be, creating a symmetrical object.
Shape - For shape, the round diamond gems and black sequins are circular shapes that are seen thought the entire masks design.
My opinion of my finished mask and what I thought about creating it
For my opinion of my mask, I thought it turned out excellent and better than expected, when I got the idea in my head to do an Italy Venice mask, I couldn't wait to get out to the store and get supplies for it, as I knew it was going to turn out good from the start. As for what I thought about creating the mask, I did think it was going to be a bit more difficult than it actually was because for my idea it was necessary to use an exacto knife, as I have never been good with them, but it turns out even after not using them for a while, I didn’t make any mistakes in making this mask. I was able to make a pretty good template to start with, which by the end was destroyed with all the slipping of the blade, but well worth it as I did not have to start over. Altogether I thought this was a fun project to do and even almost as fun as the photography project was!
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