PAPER MACHE MASKS

After my presentation about Ghana in West Africa, I decided that it would be a good idea to introduce the students to our next element of art, form, by creating their own version of an African masks.  They started by folding a piece of poster board and drawing half of a mask on the fold.  This reinforced our discussion about symmetrical shapes.  Then we stapled them creating a mask form which was not two dimensional but three.  Then they began to add cover it with paper mache.  We used torn pieces of paper towels and glue water.  Below is one of my students talking about her mask as she works on it.