Mask Class 2

This is a panel of embroidery sewn on a machine upside down on gold leafed clothe&#10;

This is another panel&#10;

And then the third panel. I sew them all together into one long one reinforcing them with wires&#10;

More strips that I will then sew together,turn inside out,stiffen with support, and wire for the arms and legs&#10;

After stitching over paper, I have to airbrush, gold leaf the lines and carefully remove the paper stencils&#10;

sewing multiple strips on the sewing machine&#10;

These are little wads of cotton lint,wheat paste and sisal  to ornament the mask&#10;

I clumsily painted some  ornamental lines in urushi and applied marufun,more polishing yet&#10;

The interior is  also gold leafed and sealed with urushi lacquer.&#10;

Polish it until it glistens layer upon layer.&#10;

I am appliying silver dust  on urushi using both marufun  &amp; nashifun&#10;

After the urushi hardens,I am left with the cloud pattern. A thin coat of urushi on top will adhere the powders&#10;

I paint the black Urushi over pieces of thin abalone shell&#10;

That layer of urushi hardens and I then sand the urushi down to the abalone shell&#10;

Apply another coat of Urushi.  A flat human hair brush is preferable.&#10;

Next sprinkle flecks of silver nashijifun  no.5 through a bamboo  tube and fine screaning&#10;

Use both a sifter as well as a funjitsu brush to direct the flecks.&#10;

Black Urushi is painted  and then silver marufun is dusted on&#10;

TThe crown  for the mask is prepared with filligree and silver leaves and abalone.&#10;

Now I have to work on the rest of the body!&#10;

Abalone is in the center of the flowers&#10;

Details of the silver leaves and filligree&#10;

Scroll down  more to see how I gold leafed and ornamented these hands. Stay tuned

These black hands made with  Japanese urushi and gold leaf&#10;

Props I use in performance. They are lanterns but cast from 10 part molds and coated with encaustic wax.&#10;

A detail of one of the fellows I just finished. He is a little drummer&#10;

The gait is very sturdy. He also sits.&#10;

Lights up in the dark .&#10;

She then masks off a pattern with tape and airbrushes the first color.such as purple.&#10;

Then she will move the mask up and airbrush the next color&#10;

The next color is magenta gently airbrushed on. One can also use a screen and fine bristle brush to mist the colors on.&#10;&#10;

Yellow color added and then the colored areas are masked gently so the gradation of the modeled tones can be airbrushed

The tape is then gentled pealed away to reveal the various colors.&#10;

Here is the current doll show they are in Petaluma July 16-September 16&#10;