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November 29, 2015
OutMask, Sculpture, Uncategorized
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On Wednesday 23rd November, Outburst met again. This time we cast faces using plaster bandage. Eight of them which become negative moulds. I spent a few hours on sunday painting the insides with clay slip, then casting them with plaster to make positives. I removed the plaster bandage and washed the faces clean. We now have facsimiles of faces.

Because of the bandages, the tissue eye protecters and the inexactitude of this process, we have ‘veiled’ faces. This suggests an idea of ‘veiling’ for the emerging project. We shall see what the next week brings.

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Wednesday 18th November

November 21, 2015
Mask Making, OutMask, Theatre Workshop, Uncategorized
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First session with “OUTBURST” by OutMask (S.J. and Mary-Rita).

What a lovely way in. Several folks once again from when we met in May.  Some new faces. It will take me a while to remember all your names but I am so happy to meet you all. I was very nervous about this meeting as I don’t usually work with teenager’s, out of my own choice. I never like being one myself and was always cautious of the ‘bullies’. But here, I am with my own kind, ha ha. I can be Stephen Jon, gay man, with my own history and with skills to share. I am so interested to learn from the group how ‘The Mask’ might sit with contemporary thinking particularly on feelings concerning gender, identity and whatever else that will surely come up.

Thank You OUTBURST

Awareness through Touch: Clay Transformations: City Arts Nottingham: Nottingham University

April 23, 2014
Mask Making
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The first four weeks of this project has been an introduction to the use of clay, forming a relationship with clay and developing a relationship with the group. The use of clay as a medium for a playful introduction to sculptural explorations. Our enquiry has been focused upon looking at “The Face”. All participants will have their own reasons to explore the use of clay within a therapeutic context and will therefore have their own reactions to, and thoughts about the experience. We look forward to sharing some of those experiences.

Have fun all of you as you now move into Sandy’s section of the project. For some this may be a more practical and structured approach. Using clay with more purpose.

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NewYearMasks 2014 II

January 1, 2014
Design training, Mask Making, Sculpture
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The New Year Masks 2014 have been made in response to observing how students at NTU have encountered the sculptural problems they have encountered during my course of mask making. Therefore these masks have been made, not as theatrical or characterful, tools for acting, rather, they are designed to be handled, felt with the hands, in order to enable students to comprehend the mass and volume of  human facial physiognomy. Of course, they will be experimented with as theatre masks, to see what happens.