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Whirling Mask Workshop
Sunday,September 23rd, 2007
12-5 p.m. at Commonweal,West Marin,California
Sha Sha Higby will share multiple aspects of her craft. Participants will explore the mysteries of creativity and performance in this on going hands-on sculptural mask workshop. Cast a mask from Sha Sha's collection, then build a wire structure onto which to suspend or mount it to a stick and shape a wire structure. The wire structure becomes the beginnings of a headdress.Enjoy the excitement of pasting fabrics and handmade paper onto it and decorate and add whimsical projections to suit. Later add an electric light to it to have it glow as a shadow box theatre / lantern Then create your own theatrical magic. Mount it to you head to transform into a puppet to wear it and perform with it at the end.
Bring a stick, scissors, pliers, bucket, yogurt cup, couple of sheets of rice paper and any decorative materials you might have. All the other materials will be supplied.
$75 includes most materials plus approximately $10 material fee for special sculptural supplies Children $40 with parent Questions and registration by credit card and to confirm location. 415-868-2409. MAP
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