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Masks
One of Picasso’s works made a decisive impact on modern sculpture – he turned a bicycle saddle and handlebars into an impressive bull’s head. Even if you don’t share Picasso’s enthusiasm for the bullfight, you too can play the sculptor – using the plastic bottles from laundry soaps to create animal heads of your own. Even militant protectors of animals’ rights won’t object to these results of your safari to the supermarket.
Materials:
Colored or milky/opaque plastic bottles (those that contain laundry products for delicates are ideal); many colored plastic lids (Don’t throw any lids away. Start collecting them now!).
Heavy wire; fibers from a floor mop, fringe, etc.; sheets of colored plastic or heavy paper; wooden board; small screws.
Tools:
Scissors, pliers, hand drill, Dremel tool or pointed scissors.
Instructions:
These masks are fun to make and call for a little inventiveness, improvisation and creativity! The basic idea of each mask is that the handle becomes the bone of the nose and the lid is the mouth or the tip of the nose. Cut off the back of the bottle (i.e. the back of the head) at an angle so that head hangs on the wall as desired. Make eyes with bottle lids of various sizes and make eyelashes from colored plastic or paper. Drill holes through the eyes and attach them to the left and right of the bottle handle (nose) with screws.
The wooden board should be slightly wider than the “forehead” of the mask. It functions as a wall-mount and also as a base for the horns. To make the horns, first use the Dremel tool or sharp scissors to make holes in plastic bottle caps. Then thread the bottle caps onto a length of wire. First thread plastic lids onto the left end of the wire, then wind the wire around a screw which you have screwed into the wooden board, and thread lids onto the right end of the wire. Clamp the board behind the “forehead” and add textile fibers as “wool” or “fur”. Hang the mask on the wall as desired, with the help of a screw or a wire loop. For the second group of masks, I used whole narrow bottles which I wrapped with braids, fringes, etc. Plastic lids for the eyes and mouths were glued in place.
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