Masks " Do it like in Africa"
By Poca Bella
@pocabellla (112)
Strasbourg, France
July 25, 2017 4:56am CST
Hello beautiful souls
I've been absent for a while...
Up to now I'm having quite a busy summer, will start my real vacation from august. I held a plastic arts workshop with different groups of kids with different ages and backgrounds. I taught them how to create masks as people do in Africa, but I let them choose the colors and forms and shapes. And of course we created them with recycled materials.
So here is a mask of Bob Marley, I couldn't stop laughing at this one ! I love the eyes, and yes I helped the 7 years old a bit to finalize the hands and the cigarette.
I still have 4 more days by the end of August and then we will exhibit their masks in a lovely gallery from 4th of September.
So what do you think ? Does it look like Bob Marley ? I joked with my little artist fella and told him that Bob Marley might have looked like this the very last second of his life, and he absolutely loved the idea of getting closer to "Corpse-Marley" mask.
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@pocabellla (112)
• Strasbourg, France
25 Jul 17
Yes, and maybe the hair ?
Well for me it's important that they create a personal mask and this kid nailed it ... he gave it a character, a meaning and a very strange gesture ( coughing with those eyes). He has all it takes to become a great artist. Wishing you a great vacation Gil :)
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@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
25 Jul 17
@pocabellla You do a such a great job with your children students and your ideas for the works of art you do with them are excellent, well done.
Thank you
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
25 Jul 17
Well I wouldn't have recognized it was Bob Marley till you mentioned it. But it's a good work of art though!
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