Masks
2019-Present
In 2019 Moni switched to mask-making primarily with natural, recycled and/or waste-stream materials
Indigo Jay, 2022
Reclaimed grocery bag and flour bag paper, brown paper tape, cornstarch paste. Painted with natural charcoal, iron oxide, home-grown Japanese indigo and calcium carbonate pigments using a linseed oil and methyl cellulose binder over a milk paint base-coat.
Not for sale.
Natural Curly Masquerade, 2020
Following several months of exploring starch-based bioplastic as a potential mask-making material, I successfully replicated my 1999 Goblin Art Studio "Curly Masquerade" mask design* by combining the bioplastic with biodegradable cellulose fiber (recycled paper pulp).
The resultant material was pressed into one of my original plaster molds. Finished with natural pigments including calcium carbonate and charcoal.
Not for sale.
*The original Curly Masquerade mask was cast from synthetic neoprene rubber and painted with acrylic paint.
Big Baba Yaga, 2020
Paper mache (recycled paper and grocery bags), cottonwood bast fiber hair, and fig wood teeth. Painted with natural earth pigments using a hide glue binder.
Not for sale.
Tree Hobgoblin, 2020
Following several months of exploring starch-based bioplastic as a potential mask-making material, I successfully replicated my 1999 Goblin Art Studio "Tree Hobgoblin" mask design** using natural and biodegradable materials.
This variation of the mask was formed from recycled burlap over a plaster mold, then a top coat was applied using a custom bioplastic-based modeling compound made with recycled cellulose material. Painted with natural pigments using a hide glue binder.
Not for sale.
** The original Tree Goblin mask was cast from synthetic neoprene rubber and painted with acrylic paint.
Rustic Fox, 2019
Recycled coffee sack burlap with bioplastic starch shaped over an original plaster mask form and reinforced with reclaimed copper wire. Painted with natural pigments using a methyl cellulose binder.
Not for sale.
