Danbol Masks

Fabulous masks constructed from cardboard by Danbol Mask, Osaka Japan.

Rasa Vil

 

Rasa Vil's amazing beadwork, couture  headpieces and masks. 

Philipa Carruthers

Philipa Carruthers Degree show exhibition at Glasgow School of Art, 'Tales from Scotland' is a scarey selection of knitted balaclavas like those of the 1960s and 70's nightmarish knitting patterns.  

Muriel Nisse

French artist Muriel Nisse makes incredible masks and headdresses using lace, wool and often the models own hair amongst many other materials that can be extremely disturbing or exquisitely beautiful.

Hiroshi Nomot

Love these fun, surreal ventures of Japanese silversmith Hiroshi Nomot. 

"I want to express the warmhearted sensations of thrill and excitement. The mask is a border between my inner self and outer self. A sense of consciousness connecting and influencing myself.My other self and you arises by wearing the 'MASK'."   Hiroshi Nomot

Baku Maeda, Ribbonesia

Amazing masks constructed from ribbons by Baku Maeda an illustrator, whose most incredible work has to be the costume pieces and masks that he creates as collaborations under the name Ribbonesia.

Yuliya Sobotyuk

A series of masks made by Yuliya Sobotyuk for Barefoot and Half Naked video and posters.
Posters and masks were designed and hand-crafted for the "Barefoot, halfnaked" video installation.
Each character in the video represents different emotion that we undergo while growing up.
The project is devoted to the young stage of our life. Yuliya Sobotyuk

Gladys Paulus

Gladys Paulus was born and raised in the Netherlands she initially studied drawing and painting but gradually became more inspired by performance and ritualistic cultural dress. She has built on her self taught skills by learning from other felt artists and specialists.

Beastiary

Students in fashion design at the Lycée Ernest Hemingway Nîmes, France were given the challenge of designing a costume from old clothes and objects in the theme of Beastiary here are some of the fantastic results.
I love the creativity that projects like this promote and enable (thank you Deb).

Beards

I wanted to continue with the techniques I explored in the recycled textile jewelry and found a request for submissions by Fiber Art Now with the theme of 'Wild'.
The wildest thing I could think of was bearded ladies. It has been a crazy schedule, giving me just three weeks since returning from Spain, and this included Christmas, so I am pleased to have produced some work in time.
Though the deadline is on Tuesday I still feel I have a long way to go with this theme.

Barbara Keal

Barbara Keal  works as an artist sharing a studio with her furniture making husband.
Barbara'a head pieces are made from local sheep and alpaca wool and she tries to include all of the fibers, the coarse and fine so there is no wastage.

Erin Shaw

Erin Shaw makes wearable sculptures,  masks and costumes from felt, textiles and natural materials like bark and moss that are representations of the wild.