Project 2C : The 101 Mask

My Papier Mache masks

Materials:
Tapioca flour
White paper
Old news paper
Poster colours
Aluminium foil

Tools:
Bowl & spoon
Paint brushes
Container




HOW-TO:

The mould
1. Place aluminium foil on your face.
2. Shape the foil by pressing it onto your face.
3. Take the foil away.

The Making of the mask
1. For layer 1, use white paper.
2. Tear the paper into strips.
3. Prepare a bowl of tapioca starch mixture

(add boiling water into a bowl with tapioca flour and mix evenly).
4. Dip the paper strips into the starch mixture.
5. Place the wet strip horizontally on the aluminium mould (remember to put some support underneath the mould).
6. Dry the first layer.
7. Continue layer 2 with white paper, placing them vertically.
8. Repeat the layering with news paper strips for layer 3, then white paper for layer 4 & 5.
9. Dry the mask.

Painting
1. Once the mask is dried, painting can be done with poster colours.


My Products:
Mask 1 - My actual skin tone.
Mask 2 - My smiling face in black and white.

This is my first time of making my own masks.
I am actually amazed by the strength of starch when it gets dried up. It does hold the layers well.
The most important thing is to start off with the first layer correctly. Layer 1 has to be precise in terms of the contour of the face especially at the eye brow area, the nose, the cheeks and the chin. As for me, I have sharp features at my cheeks and chin.