For the second project in Ms Robertson's class we made recycled masks inspired by ceramic artist Kimmy Cantrell. We looked at examples of his work and talked about realistic versus abstract art. Fortunately they were already familiar with abstracts after a unit on Picasso. The kids cut the basic face shapes from black styrofoam meat trays. Then they used colored craft foam to make the facial features and larger designs. When everything was cut and in place the students glued them to a piece of foam core with their choice of colored paper background for contrast.
The next step was to add details. Some of the students used black sharpies to outline and add patterns on the foam shapes. The last part was to add small nails, thumbtacks or decorative pins for accents.
Finished Kimmy Cantrell Masks
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