Whether as a  prop, primal artifact, ritual headpiece, part of a theater costume, an iconic movie guise, historic masquerade wear...what have you...masks seem to be both a timely and timeless part of the way cultures express meaning and identity.

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Several years ago I tried my hand(s) at folding masks just to see what I might (or at least try to) discover in the way of whimsy, primal expressions, silliness, grotesques, mythical visages, and so on.

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It was/is fun! So far I've come up with several dozen models...none of which are finished but all of which at least have a diagrammed starting point. (You have to love sketch pads as a backup to an undependable memory.)

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Now--and this is certainly applies to the models on another page of this site--it really is time to show a little disciple and start reworking existing models, rather than seeing what else folding on the spur of the conjures up!

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