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Found this on the Black Diamond Trail. Just because the elastic on a mask breaks isn't a reason to toss it onto the ground. I took it and threw it in the garbage here at home! This sort of behavior really irks me!
We are now advised to wear a mask when we go out. I got this one at the Phantom Ranch at the bottom of he Grand Canyon a few years ago when on an all gay rafting trip. I finally have a practical use for it!
I have two N95 masks but will not wear them at this time as people will want to know why they are were not donated to the hospital. The box is open & cannot be donated. I got them when the San Francisco Bay area was covered in smoke for several days.
Handmade and handdrawing mask,made by my friend,sell in SHDP15sp,all of them are sold out,those phtot is just for exhibition.
PS.maybe more style in the future
I few years ago I was researching different types of masks and these were so inventive I just had to draw them. I am afraid I have forgotten which book I discovered them in.
My favourite is top left the fury one.
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Is the link to the start of a series by Christine Moore that inspired me to post this.
White background shot with my Canon 30D through the viewfinder of an Argus. Vaseline smeared around the edges of the lens created the extra dirty outline.
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18.12.2012: Painted lime plaster mask from Roman Egypt, cAD 100-170, Hu (Diospolis Parva). British Museum. EA 30845-6.
The history and traditions of Borucan masks began over 500 years ago, during the Spanish Conquest. 'Diablito' masks, or little devil masks were created and worn with the intent to scare the unwelcome invaders back to Spain. The conquistadors called the indigenous Borucans devils because they observed uncircumsized natives with faces of forbidding devilish images and other animal figures, therefore assumed that they worshipped the devil. The Borucan people feel a great sense of pride knowing that they were triumphant in keeping the Spanish from conquering their land and their spirit. Every year the annual 'Fiesta de los Diablitos' or 'festival of the devils', always December 30 to January 2, has traditionally occurred since the Spanish crusade of 1490-1500. The highlight of the festival is the 'Danza del los Diablitos' or 'the dance of the little devils', which is performed in remembrance of the Borucans' fierce resistance to colonization. The truer name of the festival should be the 'Festival of the Ancestral Spirits'. When the Spaniards arrived with advanced weapons, the Borucans only had animal spirits, such as the jaguar, to guide them. In homage to the spirits that aided them, today's intricate masks are carved and painted to represent these spirits, fierce animals, devils, and also images of the local flora and fauna of their country. The Borucans have become over the years very detailed relief carvers. Relief carvings have a flat back and the image carved in three dimension, obtaining unbelievable depths, all from one piece of wood. There are three distinct styles and each tells a specific story about Borucan culture. The first is the 'diablito' or 'devil' mask, the most traditional. The second is the 'ecologica', featuring animals and plants of the rainforest. These were originated by a new generation of artists concerned about the imminent threat of their culture due to the destruction of their environment. The third, 'combinados', are the metamorphosis of both the 'diablitos' and the 'ecologica', as they represent the blending of the traditional and contemporary styles.
I like to think that the Spanish were petrified my these devil masks.
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Did this mask up for a friend's Killinger costume. Cast plastic!
I will make blank versions of this available in my store in a few weeks. I'm hesitant to offer painted versions to avoid stepping on any toes. It would also make a great Dia De Los Muertos style mask...
Some of us wear multiple masks. Not content to hide ourselves just in public, but hide our true feelings, beliefs, loves, hates even at home. If you know someone at work there is a good chance that you wouldn't know them at home.
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So I was out fossil hunting last weekend when I happened upon something....strange.
I was digging around the wash of a small waterfall and stream when I happened upon this mask. I figured it would be a great time to look for fossils, since a heavy rain the night before would have washed away a lot of the sediment. Its two eyes were peeking out from the muddy bank. It was very creepy looking.
So I picked it up and put it into my backpack, and forgot about it until today.
I have no idea what to make of it. Maybe someone tossed an old art project down there. Maybe someone stole it off a statue. I really have no idea.
It looks like it's been down there for a while. The forehead design, mouth and one of the ear/strap holes have been sealed shut by thinly melted copper, and sand concretions There are still some small holes in them. There's quite a bit of sand concretions on the face of the mask too.
I took it to work and hit it with our XRF instrument, and it's made of 98% copper about 1.5% Silicon and about .7 Manganese. Yeah, it doesn't add up, but if you've used an XRF, you know it's touchy.
Anyone have any idea what this is?
Update
From one of the curators at the Science Museum of Minnesota:
I did finally have the time to give your mask a good examination with a colleague of mine.
The mask is certainly a modern creation. As you had expected, perhaps someone's art project. Still, what an interesting find while out collecting fossils!
Here are my thoughts and speculations:
We took a series of XRF readings. The material is mostly copper. Between 93 and 98%. There is some silver in the mix, suggesting that it may include some native copper. However, there is also a higher than usual Zn content for native copper. Usually there is not Zn in native copper from the upper Midwest. There are also percentages of Mn and Al, which doesn't occur naturally in copper. Manganese and aluminum was not added to copper until the 20th century. Alloys that include Mn and Al were created during the war efforts to reduce corrosion. So, the mask is a cocktail of probably scrap copper and perhaps some native copper.
Stylistically, it doesn't resemble anything I've seen archaeologically from the upper Midwest. However, it is interesting that it was clearly created to look rough and old. The calcite deposits were probably added to give it a look of natural long-term corrosion. Probably lime concrete. The crystallization is spotty and undeveloped.
Technologically, the mask was definitely cast. The metal was heated beyond its melting point (over 1900F), leaving drips and bubbles. This is not consistent with aboriginal copper working practices, where copper was hammered and annealed.
I don't think the mask could have been buried in fossiliferous gravels in the ravine for very long. Examining the mask under UV light revealed some very fragile wax along one of the edges. Some of it dislodged with the slightest touch with a probe. So, that is unlikely to have survived on the mask for long, especially in an active environment like that ravine. The mask may have been left as little as a day or two before you found it.
Still, it is yet another great example of a very strange thing left behind in an odd place. Like I said, probably someone's high school or college art project. How it got in the bottom of the ravine is anyone's guess. Great conversation piece.
That rings true for what I thought. I was in that ravine literally the week before and it wasn't there then. Anyway, it's still a neat conversation piece to hang up in my shop or garage.
Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California. Dozens of craft shops, restaurants and businesses with roving troubadours line the streets.
If you'd asked me a couple months ago, I would not have guessed that I'd have two lucha libre photos in my photostream! www.flickr.com/photos/29820142@N08/29019531756/in/photost...
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The start of an idea here. Now I just need to decide where to go next. I suppose balancing the light on both sides, and bringing out the highlights while also bringing up the intensity of the eyes... *racks brain*.
Strobist info: one SB24 to camera right at 1/4 power (I think), reflector to camera left; one SB600 lying behind the mask and pointed at the background, on 1/8th power. Flashes triggered by eBay remote. Nikon D50 at ISO200, 1/250th at f11 (or maybe f8), Sigma EX DG 24-70mm f2.8 lens @ roughly 50mm.
Made it to 417 in Explore on 19 May, 2007.
Mask Lady By Daniel Arrhakis (2017)
With the music : Alex Doan - Guardians of the Sun
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My last work for this week.
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