Links:
Photo Albums - Workshop Photos - Makeup Photos | Main Links | Teachers |
Masks, Makeup, Theatre and Puppetry Sites | Mask Making and Makeup Supplies | How-to Articles | Books | Mask Makers | Other Artists

Photo Albums:

Workshop Photos:

Dear workshop participants,
Here are photos for you to enjoy and download.
Thank you, I enjoyed working with you!

The Oakridge School - Commedia Performance Workshop

Bradley University - Neoprene Mask Making Workshop
Bradley University - Mask Performance Workshop

Virginia Avenue Project - Mask Performance Workshop

A Child's Eye Playhouse - Making Plaster Face Casts
A Child's Eye Playhouse - Paper Mache Day
A Child's Eye Playhouse - Painting Day
A Child's Eye Playhouse - Mask Performance Workshop

Triangle Productions - Mask Making Workshop with Plaster Bandages

Kid's Workshop - Mask Making with Plaster Bandages

Bethany Elementary - Paper Plate Mask Making

Makeup Photos:

Stretch and Stipple Age Makeup

Old Man - multiple piece foam latex prosthetic makeup
Fire Goddess - fantasy beauty makeup

Main Links:
Companies and people I have worked with -

Ravenwood Masks - My new website, Yay! Featuring performance and masquerade masks for sale.

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
Ensemble Loupan
Northwest Children's Theater
Dell'Arte International
Sojourn Theatre
Triangle Productions

PBS American Experience - "We Shall Remain"
Boneyard FX
Magdelene Films
Discovery Channel - I Shouldn't Be Alive

A Child's Eye Playhouse
The Young Players

Bradley University
Da Vinci Arts Middle School
The Oakridge School

The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka CA
Arcata Economic Development Corporation
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland OR
Portland Theatre Drammy Awards

Robin Robin Photographer
Ben Dziuba Web Design

Some of my wonderful teachers:

Sue Morrison - Clown Through Mask
The Commedia School, Denmark - Ole Brekke
Brooklyn Bay, Scott Kelman - Movement Theatre

Masks, Makeup, Theatre and Puppetry Sites:

Mask Makers Web
Mask and More Masks
Mask Links From Fantasy Guilde Studios - the most complete list of modern mask artists available
Traditional Japanese Noh Masks
Orange You Glad's Paper Plate Masks - Print and cut out paper mask patterns
Noh, Kyogen, and Japanese Folk Masks
Greek Theater Masks - Ancient Greek Theater info site

Labyrinth of Jareth - Fantasy masquerade ball in Los Angeles

Make-up Artist Board
The FX Lab
The Makeup Gallery
In My Kit - a guide to beauty products by Kevin James Bennett

The Puppeteers' Cooperative Home Page
The Puppetry Home Page
Home of Poi and Fire Twirling

MotionFest
The Performer's Network
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre on a Shoestring

Mask Making and Makeup Supplies:

Chicago Latex Products (neoprene casting rubber)
Motion Picture FX Co. (clay, plaster, gypsona brand plaster bandages, alginate, latex, & more)
Sculptural Arts - Sculpt or Coat (great glue, non-toxic varnishes)
Laguna Clay Co. (WED clay for sculpting masks- water based clay with glycerin, made for sculptors)
Wolfe Bros. FX face paint - this is great paint for facepainting and body art
FX Faces - prosthetic appliances for Horror/Halloween costumes
Coast Airbrush (best prices! airbrushes, compressors, paints)
Reynolds Materials (molding and casting supplies - RTV silicone rubber, urethanes, liquid plastics)
Silpak, Inc. (molding and casting supplies- RTV rubber, latex)
Georgie's Ceramic and Clay Company (Portland OR clay supply)
Life Casting.com (plaster bandages my favortie brand is gypsona, alginate)
Douglas and Sturgess, Inc. (sculpting tools, latex, therma form)
Clay Factory Inc. (Premo brand polymer clay)
Da Vinci Makeup Brushes (the BEST handmade brushes)
B2B Professional Tools (carving & sculpting tools & more + great customer service)

WebHero (absolutely wonderful and affordable website hosting. The best tech people ever!!)

European suppliers – A list of links
Form FX - European FX supply house

How-to Articles:

Build a Vacuum Form Table by Ralis Kahn
Neoprene Mask How-to by Goblin Art
Face Casting How-to by Goblin Art

Paper Mache Mask How-to by Goblin Art
Paper Mache Tutorials
Studio Creations: All kinds of How-to Articles- Vacuuform, latex and more!

FX Makeup Articles by the Effects Lab
Building an oven for making foam latex prosthetics
Blood & Bullets for No-Budget movies
A Japanese Hannya mask - a step by step picture journal

Good Books:
The Prop Builder's Mask-Making Handbook by Thurston James ISBN: 1558701664
--- The best mask making "how to" book.
The Italian Comedy by Pierre Louis Ducharte ISBN: 0486216799
--- Illustrated history of the beginnings, growth and influence of the commedia dell’ arte.
Harlequin Unmasked by Meredith Chilton ISBN: 0300090099
--- An interesting history of Commedia theatre. Color photos of costumes and sculptures of Commedia characters.

Fellow Mask Makers:

Larry Wood (leather mask maker)
Monica Roxburgh (mask maker)
Tim Blough
(mask maker and actor)
Russell Dean & The Blue Chicken (masks & mask theatre)
Beckie Kravetz Mask Design, Beckie's Opera Sculpture ( mask maker and bronze sculptor )
Ryl Mandus (leather mask maker)
Larve Atelier Charivari (Basel masks for Fasnacht)

Theatre Artists, Visual Artists, and other good peeps:

The Kelman Group
Ten West - LA based physical theater comedy duo
Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble
Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble
Ripe (theatre company)
Nakupelle (theatre company)
Theatret Thalias Tjenere
(theatre company)
Barnaby King / Yellow Belly (a clown and his theatre company)

Peter Portugal custom car fabrication
Duane Flatmo (artist)
Idle Hands (gothic artist -for everyone who asks where I got my skull and crossbones purse)
Lemurgurl Art (gothic artist and founder of the Creepy Art Fair in Portland OR)

The Jonathan Carroll Web Site (a fantastic author)

The Artchive - high rez pictures of art
Art 5 (an online art directory)

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