MASK

I choose the above three masks for my inspiration. they felt very representative of the reading from the text and I was a lot more interested in the more bird-like qualities of many of the American ancestors' rituals and garb. I especially like the second picture, the mask has a patterns through the whole face that is very detailed. The first mask is very colorful, meant to portray the devil in a ritual. I wanted my mask to be bird like in appearance. I also wanted it to strike a similarly to the infinity sign, as I feel this sis a representation of a lot of the cultures from this chapter. My concept sketch also included a long, point nose or beak, but i choose to remove it in the end because I didn't like the way it came out. I tried to paint it in two complementary colors on opposites ends of the infinity sign to show a kind of Ying and Yang feeling. I enjoyed this project even if it was more art and crafty then I like to get.