Mask Making Workshop

Masks are the main expression of spiritual power, each tribe have their own design and values of Maskers. It is a work of a wood carver to do carving mask that may represent the different tribes and traditional purposes, from hunting, dancing, ceremonial, ritual and spiritual.

Most societies in Africa have names for their masks with meaning of the mask and traditional dancers associated with it and the spirits that reside within.
Throughout the world masks are used for their expressive power as a feature of mask performance, both ritually and in various theatrical traditions. The ritual and theatrical definitions of mask usage frequently overlap and merge but still provide a useful basis for categorisation.
Masks are familiar in many folk and traditional ceremonies, rituals and festival, and are often of an ancient origin.

The mask is normally a part of a costume that adorns the whole body and embodies a tradition important to the religious and social life of the community as whole or a particular group and family within the community.
African artist tend to favour three dimensionality of traditional African arts is the fact that much of it is crafted for used in performance contexts, masks and costumes very often are used in communal and ceremonial contexts.

Mask making are done with the method of wood carving workshop and the different are we are going to carve mask no other figures.
Mask are imitation about human face, students will learn different faces beauty of mankind.
 
Students will learn to decorate face for ceremonial beauty.
You may choose for beginner trial with card board and wooden sticks to create a mask or work direct with wood carving mask making.
Student will learn all the ten steep of wood carving and carve a mask of their choose theme of their mask.