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A mixture of paper masks, cut from a plan found on the net and scaled to 1/48 before printing out, and masking tape. I tried to pull the edges of the tape proud very slightly, to emulate the softer edge of the paper masks. Tape was used on the trickier curved part of the model where getting a paper mask to lay flat was tricky.
The tape worked 'ok', but didn't have as nice an edge as achieved with the paper masks. Next time I'll work harder getting paper masks to fit around curves.
The real aircraft didn't actually have soft edges between the colours, it was a hard edge colour scheme. I just prefer the look. The black underside has a hard edge to it though.
Grotesque mask beneath an oval-shaped window at the east end of Birmingham Cathedral.
Birmingham's church of St Philip was designed by Thomas Archer in 1709 and largely finished by 1715 (the tower being completed 1725). The original stone weathered badly so the exterior was entirely refaced in the 1860s (though the tower had to wait till 1958) and a new larger chancel replaced Archer's shallow apse at the east end in 1883-4 (by J.A, Chatwin).
The church was designated as the cathedral of the new Birmingham Diocese in 1905 and is one of the only 'parish church cathedrals' which hasn't undergone any structural alteration since its change in status. It does still possess the feel of a grand city church, rather than a cathedral in the true sense.
The real treasure of this church however is revealed within, as the interior is dominated by four superb stained glass windows by Edward Burne Jones dating from the 1880s (three in the apse, one at the west end). These are perhaps Burne Jones's finest achievements, and intentionally so, for it was in this very church the artist was baptised.
Bronze mask. Scaaary.
"The mask was part of the Symbolist quest for a "strange beauty" in the plastic arts. As an enigmatic or nightmarish presence, it swings between apparition and dematerialisation. The favourite subjects of Symbolist anxiety – obsession, demonic possession, apparitions, horror and death – are found in the titles given to many masks created during the 1890s. – Musée d'Orsay 'Masks, from Carpeaux to Picasso' exhibition introduction
Tectura persona (Mask limpet) - Browns Bay on Puget Sound - Edmonds, Washington. Found in the upper tidal zone, usually clinging to the underside of a rock or in a rock crevice. It is most active at night during ebb tide when it feeds on algae. Ranges from Alaska to Monterey, California.
We discovered a mask makers shop in a side street in Florence which was incredible. All the masks in the shop are hand made and hand painted and were absolutely incedible.
19th century masks from Sri Lanka.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is one of the most important regional museums in the country, with collections ranging from archaeology to an extensive collection of fine art, including a superb sequence of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. There is also an impressive industrial gallery, which exhibits some of the highest quality crafts made in the city during the 19th century, most notably ceramics and stained glass.
A Javanese mask (IINM). Reminds me of Tengu. The dangerous nature is represented is also quite similar.
This mask was given to my wife and I as a wedding gift by the artist during a trip of ours out to New Mexico.
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