After our meeting on Monday, I've decided I should try subtractive sculpting, but I am going to use clay, so that if I make a mistake, it will not be very costly and I can get some extra practice if necessary. I went to the clay studio on Wednesday, but I didn't have enough clay for the full size mask, so I just worked with a small amount. I realized that I would have to buy more clay, but I have to wait until Monday, because it has to be done in the morning, and I have mostly morning classes. At first I was upset that I would have to wait to get more clay, but then I remembered that in the mask book I have been using as a reference said that a miniature mask would be worn concealed beneath the clothing of the person who had the problem. I have decided that I will keep working with the small amount because I have it, and then it will be one more aspect of my complete project. I still want to work on a larger scale, I will just have to wait a little bit longer to start it.
As for the "cure" my God mask is going to provide for me, I have been thinking about it a lot, and I have come up with a simple idea. Just as with my first mask, my inspiration came from my boyfriend. He lives in Falmouth, MA, and I don't get to see him very much. I miss him a lot, so the mask I make is going to be a cure for my distance from him, to help me not miss him so much when I can't be with him and remind me that we still love each other even when we have to be separated. I don't really need a mask or an item to carry around for me to know this, but it is the power that any God that I believe in would possess if I had to choose one. I will call it the cure for homesickness by binding loved ones together throughout times of separation or long distance.
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